delete some lines from a file

freelinuxcpp · 01-17-2004, 08:23 AM

hello every1
i wanna remove some lines from a specific file , in my case it's httpd.conf where i wanna remove the Virtual host lines ( that i already add with a script ) is there any command to do this ?
we have to know that my httpd.conf looks like this :

Code:

...
...
#user1
<VirtualHost 10.0.0.1>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/clients/user1
    ServerName www.yahoo.com
</VirtualHost>
...
...

thnx for any suggestions !

mikshaw · 01-17-2004, 10:07 AM

try vimtutor

it'll teach you much about editing files with vim

david_ross · 01-17-2004, 10:08 AM

If you want to automate the process then sed is probably the way to go.

dishawjp · 01-17-2004, 10:17 AM

You should really learn vi or vim, but to answer your question:

su to root

vi httpd.conf

<esc> (press the escape key)

use the arrow keys to put your cursor at the beginning of the first line you want to delete

type "dd" (less the quotes)

repeat until all lines you wish to remove have been removed

then:

<esc> :wq

Couldn't be a lot simpler than that.

HTH

Jim Dishaw

freelinuxcpp · 01-17-2004, 10:28 AM

i wanna do this by a scrip , i wrote a peace of code for that :

to delete this :
sed -e '/name/d' /etc/apache/httpd.conf
, but i can not use # after <VirtualHost> this cause a bug :'( !