grep then cut

[hcclnoodles]

Is it possible to grep for a particular word in a file and then cut those lines out of the original file into a new file

ie something like

grep STRING myfile | cut results > newfile

I know the above is rubbish but you get the general idea


any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[PHV]

Why not simply this ?
grep STRING myfile > newfile

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[hcclnoodles]

PHV thanks but i need to CUT the lines out of the original file, the above method leave them in the original file

 

[PHV]

awk '/STRING/{print >"newfile";next}{print}' myfile > myfile.new

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[vgersh99]

ex - myfile <<EOF
/STRING/d
wq!
EOF

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[GrahamBright]

see cut -d

 

[chipperMDW]

grep -v STRING myfile >newfile

The -v switch to grep does the inverse operation of normal grep. It outputs lines that do not match STRING.