Command erase lines

paraiso · 05-12-2005, 09:59 AM

How could I get rid of the lines in a file that contain a specific word ?

for instance directory:

/home/stuff: directory
/home/other: data
/home/down: empty

Cheers

Matir · 05-12-2005, 10:04 AM

Use the -v option to grep. Suppose you have a file called "pizza.toppings" containing a list of (what else?) pizza toppings, and you want to remove 'sausage' from the file, you just need to:

Code:

grep -v sausage pizza.toppings > pizza.toppings.without.sausage

paraiso · 05-12-2005, 10:16 AM

Thanks a lot Matir for the vegetarian pizza

that's exactly what I needed!

I was trying something else but your method is much better

Code:

sed '/directory/d' list_file > new_file

Cheers

Matir · 05-12-2005, 10:41 AM

sed would work as well, but I think grep is just a much more direct way to do things.

And can you tell how ready I am to go to lunch?

paraiso · 05-12-2005, 10:48 AM

Enjoy your lunch Matir

! here it's more time for diner

Thanks again for helping