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From: lance@mpd.tandem.com (Lance Hartmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: need help on unix
Summary: EDIT DELETE LINES
Keywords: EDIT DELETE LINES
Message-ID: <301@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>
Date: 11 Jun 91 15:51:09 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.011430.22481@unixg.ubc.ca>
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In article <1991Jun11.011430.22481@unixg.ubc.ca> wangf@unixg.ubc.ca (Frank Wang) writes:
>Is that possible to delete some lines from a file (the file is so large that  
>it's impossible to use any editor) without evoking any editors?
>
>Thanx in advance.

Try using "sed" or "awk".
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Lance G. Hartmann - cs.utexas.edu!devnull!lance (Internet)
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