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Old 07-30-2009
Deleting values with specific characters
I have a file with 3 columns

2 4 5
2 4 7
3 5 7
4 -6 9
5 -9 4
6 -3 3

Bascially I want to delete the entire row if column 2 is a "-"

So the end result will be

2 4 5
2 4 7
3 5 7

I have trouble doing this cause of the - in front of the number.

thanks

Kyle
# 2  
Old 07-30-2009
Code:
# cat file.txt 
2 4 5
2 4 7
3 5 7
4 -6 9
5 -9 4
6 -3 3
2 4 6
-2 4 6
2 4 -6

to delete ONLY the lines with "-x" in the second column
Code:
# sed '/.-../d' file.txt 
2 4 5
2 4 7
3 5 7
2 4 6
-2 4 6
2 4 -6

...otherwise just so:
Code:
# grep -v - file.txt 
2 4 5
2 4 7
3 5 7
2 4 6

Last edited by gxmsgx; 07-30-2009 at 01:37 PM..
# 3  
Old 07-30-2009
an awk can do..
Code:
awk '$2 !~ /-/ {print}' filename

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