The sed command

[adelinewss]

Hi,<br>I need to delete the content of files which start with /* and end with */.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like example:- <br><br>/* Today is Friday<br>Now is 3p.m. */<br><br>And also I need to delete the line from the start point with &quot;//&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like example:-<br><br>Today is Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp;//Now is 3p.m.<br><br>I want to delete //Now is 3p.m. onwards.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>May I know how to do this with sed or other UNIX command?<br><br>Thks,<br>Adeline<br>

 

[Krunek]

Hi, unixadmin!

It's very easy with awk. Please, try this command:

awk '{ print &quot;kill -9 &quot; $0 }' datafile > newfile

KP.

 

[vti]

thanks mate
it works.

 

[ElgisRamon]

Try simply a [tt] kill -9 [red]`[/red]cat PIDfile[red]`[/red][/tt]...

Doesn't work?