The UNIX and Linux Forums  
Hello and Welcome from United States to the UNIX and Linux Forums! Thank You for Visiting and Joining Our Global Community.

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Top Forums > UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
delete a line based on first character of the line delete a line based on first character of the line
.
google unix.com

Forums Register Forum RulesLinksAlbums FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers If you're not sure where to post a UNIX or Linux question, post it here. All UNIX and Linux newbies welcome !!

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
how to delete text from line starting pattern1 up to line before pattern2? repudi8or Shell Programming and Scripting 5 04-15-2008 09:25 PM
Need to serach if a new line character exists on the last line in a file sunilbm78 UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 10 02-29-2008 02:15 PM
how to delete line with matching text and line immediately after orahi001 UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 6 01-15-2008 12:34 AM
extracting a line based on line number narendra.pant Shell Programming and Scripting 2 09-20-2007 05:00 AM
How to delete last character of a line? ctcuser Shell Programming and Scripting 2 06-20-2005 07:35 PM

Closed Thread
English Japanese Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Swedish Russian Norwegian Hungarian Hebrew Danish Powered by Powered by Google
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 12-06-2005
borncrazy borncrazy is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 35
Question delete a line based on first character of the line
Hi,

I need to delete all lines in a file which starts with "|" character. Can some one assist me?

Thanks
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 12-06-2005
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is offline Forum Staff  
...@...
  
 

Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: NM
Posts: 5,715
Code:
 grep -v "^|" oldfile > newfile
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 12-06-2005
borncrazy borncrazy is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 35
Thanks...That works
Sponsored Links
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

« Unix Operating System? | How to prevent root users from editing files (logs) »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Linear Mode
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:26 AM.

The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and UNIX Commands RSS Feeds - Contact Us - The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and UNIX Commands - Archive - Top

Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Language Translations Powered by .
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007 - 2008, PixelFX Studios
The UNIX and Linux Forums Content Copyright ©1993-2009. All Rights Reserved.Ad Management by RedTyger

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0