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04-27-2010, 07:58 PM	#16
grail LQ Guru Registered: Sep 2009 Location: Perth Distribution: Manjaro Posts: 10,007 Rep:	Sed still works well too: Code: sed -rn '/ .{3,}/p' file Of course if we are looking at the original post: [QUOTE]Delete lines from a file by their's length/[QUOTE] It might look like: Code: sed -ri '/ .{,2}$/d' file Last edited by grail; 04-27-2010 at 08:01 PM.

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