delete line

[kamal_15]

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

[Suraj Singh_1]

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

[kamal_15]

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

[Ermin Borovac]

sed '1,/hello/d'

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