eget/pvget print a blank line after printing a table or name-value system (possibly others too). Eg
$ eget -s testNTNameValue -a columns=3
name0 0.852942
name1 1.39481
name2 2.57148
<- Blank line
$
This complicates construction of shell pipes.
The bug is probably in the Helper for printing a named-value system at [1].
[1] http://epics- pvdata.sourceforge.net/docbuild/pvDataJava/tip/documentation/html/org/epics/pvdata/util/namedValues/package-summary.html