Re: help

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From: Richard Howlett
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 00:00

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David wrote:
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I'm writing a script file and need to know how to remove a specific line of
> text from a .txt file.
> 
> I can use        grep $variable filename        to get it but how can I
> remove that line?

grep -v $variable filename >newfilename

will remove the line and put the remaining lines in newfilename

-- 
Richard Howlett

mailto:richard@howie.org.uk

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