Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:06:58 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sed question Message-ID: <20081221140658.GA24691@marge.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <1229854084.6392.52.camel@ethos> References: <20081221053407.GA87868@thought.org> <877i5unkx4.fsf@kobe.laptop> <1229854084.6392.52.camel@ethos>
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Hi, Am Sonntag, 21. Dez 2008, 02:08:04 -0800 schrieb Gary Kline: > On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 07:42 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:34:10 -0800, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > > > > > sed '8,10d'< file> newfile > > > or is there a better way? > > > > keramida@kobe:/tmp$ sed -i '' -e '2d' foo > > > thanks much. it works just fine in-place. ...but i did made a separate > copy, just in case;-) To make a copy, call $ sed -i .bak 8,10d myfile Be aware that the -i option is not portable. -> man sed /^STANDARDS Consider Perl or $ ruby -i.bak -pe 'next if 8..10 === $.' x Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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