Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 07:07:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line Message-ID: <4BE7A291.6070109@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4BE77FB1.2050607@a1poweruser.com> References: <4BE77FB1.2050607@a1poweruser.com>
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On 10/05/2010 04:38:25, Fbsd1 wrote:
> I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if
> found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from
> within a sh type of shell script.
>
> Does anyone have a example they would share with me?
grep -v 'literal' < file > file.new
Cheers,
Matthew
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