Returned row count doesn't match lines in output file

Hello group,

I'm new to this group so please bear with me.

select count (u.user_id)
from users u, course_main cm, course_users cu
where cu.crsmain_pk1 = cm.pk1
and cu.users_pk1 = u.pk1
and cm.course_id = 'Org.dent.Training';

(4915 rows)

I'm executing an .sql file which looks like this:

\o /home/bbuser/banner/gradeload/sodorgusers.txt
\t on
select u.user_id||'|'||u.firstname||'|'||u.lastname||'|'||u.email||'|'||u.student_id
from users u, course_main cm, course_users cu
where cu.crsmain_pk1 = cm.pk1
and cu.users_pk1 = u.pk1
and cm.course_id = 'Org.dent.Training'
order by u.lastname, u.firstname;
\t off
\o

When I look at the output file, it has a bunch of blank lines in between the records but displays a line count of 4916. What is causing the blank lines? When I strip away the blank lines from the file, I get 3525 lines. Why aren't all 4,915 records writing to the file?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
-- Merlin

Merlin D. Tchouante, Sr. IT Enterprise Application Developer
Center for Information Technology Services (CITS)
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