sed - delete and output deleted lines to a new file 2

[Autosys]

Hi there I was hoping that someone could help me.

I would like to do the following:

I have a file called "test" which has the below lines in it:

test test test test 2000
test test test 1000 test
test test 2000 2000 2000
test test test test test

I would like to run the sed command against this file. The command should delete all the lines in the file containing 2000 and output the complete deleted lines into a new file called new_test.

Any help would be fantastic thanks!

S

 

[feherke]

Hi

Is possible only with two runs :

sed -n '/2000/p' test > new_test
sed -i '/2000/d' test

Tested with GNU [tt]sed[/tt].

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[Autosys]

Thanks it it's complaining saying illegal option -i but I assume it's probably the version of UNIX (Linux) I'm using.

thanks for the post! S

 

[PHV]

A one run way with awk:

awk '/2000/{print>"new_test";next}1' test > tmp_test && mv tmp_test test

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[Autosys]

Thanks to both of you guys they appear to work! S