delete records using line number(NR) - UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

tkbharani · #1 01-31-2008

Hai

I have a flat file which contains more than 6 crore lines or records. I want to delete only one line, using line number. For example I want to delete 414556 th line . How to do this using sed or awk command.

thanks

quintet · #2 01-31-2008

sed -n '414556!p' input.txt

radoulov · #3 01-31-2008

Code:

sed 414556d file>_file_&&mv _file_ file

GNU sed:

Code:

sed -i 414556d file

tkbharani · #4 01-31-2008

thank u.The script is working

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