sed to remove specific lines in a file
 

I have a large file whose contents looks like this:

fkjdls;a
fdjksa;||
fdjksa;|fjkd;as|
fjdk;
fdjka;jfdsa||
fjkd;a|fjkd;saj|
fjkd;l

I want to only remove the lines that contain the double pipes that are together '||'.

Would I use 'sed' for this?

Any input would be appreciated.

Grep should work: grep -v '||' largefilename >notsolargefilename


Dave

Yes you would =)

sed -i '/||/d' file


Cheers,
Tink

Or grep works too.....
grep -v \|\|