Delete specific Range of lines Using sed , awk, grep etc.
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Delete specific Range of lines Using sed , awk, grep etc.
hi,
My issue is that I want to delete a range of lines from a txt file Using shell scripting.For example in a file containing 100 lines, I want to delete only specific lines in the range of 11 to 29 .I can use any command for this purpose in shell script. Somebody please suggest a solution
The command to be used was
sed '2,10d' a.org > b.txt
this would delete line ranging from 2 to 10 including them.
It looks so easy. but it came after a lot of research
The command to be used was
sed '2,10d' a.org > b.txt
this would delete line ranging from 2 to 10 including them.
It looks so easy. but it came after a lot of research
Congratulations!! Homework or not, you are on the path to total success. Look also at addressing by content---not just line number.
eg:
sed '/text/,/F1/d oldfile > newfile
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