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Subject: Re: Sed question
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Gary Kline wrote:
> 	how can i delete, say, lines 8,9,and 10 from 200 files
> 	using sed?  Is it
>
> 	sed '8,10d'< file> newfile
> 	or is there a better way?
>
>   
I'd stick it in a for loop using inplace editing, but yes. :-)