topic Re: delete line in Operating System - HP-UX

delete line

kamal_15 — Sat, 14 May 2005 04:30:46 GMT

hi all
how can i delete lines from the fisrt file
to specefic line in this file?
EX:
********************
1111111
2222222
333 hello 3333
4444444
********************
i wnat to delete lines from first line to
line contain word "hello"

many thanks

Re: delete line

Suraj Singh_1 — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:14:50 GMT

HI,

Open the file using vi editor,

Two methods:
i) Go to the line upto which you want to delete, and enter following command:-
:1,.d

ii) Find out the line no. of the last line you want to delete, in the above example, hello comes in 3rd line, so enter following command:
:1,3d

Hope this clarifies,

Regards

Re: delete line

kamal_15 — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:45:00 GMT

many thanks for response
iam sorry
i forget to tell u .i want to use sed command

because this procedure is step in my script file.
please help

Re: delete line

Ermin Borovac — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:57:30 GMT

sed '1,/hello/d'

will delete from the 1st line to line containing "hello" (inclusive).