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Date:      Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:33:47 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Need a good Unix script that..
Message-ID:  <FA964881-966F-4C0F-93C4-CD480FA89B71@u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <OF41E635D9.5C37421A-ON8525729E.0035F7CA-8525729E.003C4080@tsys.com>
References:  <OF41E635D9.5C37421A-ON8525729E.0035F7CA-8525729E.003C4080@tsys.com>

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On Mar 14, 2007, at 2:56 AM, bstitt@tsys.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to write a script to delete all line that include a certain
> pattern in an output file. I sending information to one of our  
> Security
> people and they take this data and create a spreadsheet on the
> information, I have a constant reoccurring lines within the output  
> file
> that they do not need. I'm trying to use the sed command to remove  
> lines
> that fits a certain pattern but it does not appear to remove anything.
>
> Any helpful ideas or any useful links to scripts.
>
> Thanks so much..
>
> Bruce Stitt
> TSYS Hosting Services
> Voice 706-644-0965

As mentioned, when doing simple regex replacements in Unix, some good  
languages / programs to use are:

grep <- extraction only
sed <- simple extraction / replacement
perl <- the kitchen sink

-Garrett



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