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Article #3626Re: Delete lines
From: Blair P. Houghton
Date: Mon, 15 May 1989 13:40
Date: Mon, 15 May 1989 13:40
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In article <3801@merlin.usc.edu> kailanhw@aludra.usc.edu () writes:
>Hello, I need some help.
>I have a files which format to be 66 lines per page.
>Now I need to change it to 60 lines per page.
>So I have to delete last 6 lines of each pages.
I'm going to assume you are speaking precisely in that sentence.
I'm going to give you a C program that merely lops off the last six lines,
rather than reformatting from 66-line pages to 60-line pages with one-
inch top and bottom margins.
>Is there a fast way to do it?
If there's a way faster than this, you've a better compiler
than I, Gunga Din:
/*-------------------------Rip Gently---------------------------------*/
/* 66260.c -- the program that podectomizes your pages. *
* Copyright? You gotta be kidding...it's a four-cent *
* program at best. Let the public domain have this *
* one forever. Written By Blair P. Houghton in 1989. */
/* Well, not forever, it's not got function prototypes, so *
* it isn't ANSI... */
#include <stdio.h>
extern char *gets();
extern int puts();
/* No arguments. It reads stdin and writes stdout. */
main()
{
int lineno=0;
char line[80];
/* One statement. No sweat. The sed *
* script is a novella in comparison. */
while( gets(line) != NULL )
if ( ++lineno < 61 )
puts(line);
else if ( lineno == 66 )
lineno = 0;
}
/*--------------------------End of Program------------------------*/
/* --Blair
* "It took longer to get it
* included in this posting..."
*/
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!bu-cs!buengc!bph From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: Re: Delete lines Message-ID: <2870@buengc.BU.EDU> Date: 15 May 89 13:40:25 GMT References: <3801@merlin.usc.edu> Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) Followup-To: comp.editors Distribution: usa Organization: Boston Univ. Col. of Eng. Lines: 49