deleting 100 rows in text file (1-100) via terminal

itz2000 · 01-17-2006, 08:28 AM

deleting 100 rows in text file (1-100) via terminal

how can I do that?

homey · 01-17-2006, 09:03 AM

sed 1,100d file.txt > new_file.txt

itz2000 · 01-17-2006, 01:29 PM

thanks.... can I though write it to same file?

sed 1,10 file.txt > file.txt
right?

frob23 · 01-17-2006, 03:33 PM

No. Do not do that because you will end up with an empty file.

You need to use the temporary file for this because the redirection empties the file before anything happens.

You can use the following to do it in one step. Note: the && means to only execute the mv command if the first command returns without an error.

Code:

sed '1,100d' file.txt > tmpfile.txt && mv tmpfile.txt file.txt

cs-cam · 01-17-2006, 05:42 PM

Code:

sed -e '1,100d' -i file.txt

Will make the changes inside the file and avoid the need for the hackish file work done above.

wmakowski · 01-17-2006, 11:19 PM

If you want to use an editor, vi can do that pretty easily.

1) vi file.txt
2) while on first line of file.txt type 100dd
3) :wq

Bill