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Deleting a certain line in a file
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ianicr,
Below are a few examples with Sed.
To delete from line 20 down in a file:
sed '20,$d' filename
To delete lines 20 to 25 in a file:
sed ’20,25d’ filename
To delete line 1 in a file:
sed '1d' filename
To delete all lines with the string “Warning”:
sed ‘/Warning/d’ filename
John
Below are a few examples with Sed.
To delete from line 20 down in a file:
sed '20,$d' filename
To delete lines 20 to 25 in a file:
sed ’20,25d’ filename
To delete line 1 in a file:
sed '1d' filename
To delete all lines with the string “Warning”:
sed ‘/Warning/d’ filename
John
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