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Removing lines from a file
I'm trying to find a command which will allow me to remove a range of lines (2-4) from a .dat file from the command line without opening the file.

Someone mentioned using the ex command?

Does anyone have any ideas?

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sed '2,4d' oldfile > newfile
mv newfile oldfile
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Is there a way of substituting one word for another word, in the same manner?
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After u open the File in vi editor

:s/oldword/newword/g

Does replacing old word with new one everywhere in the file.
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After u open the File in vi editor

:s/oldword/newword/g

Does replacing old word with new one everywhere in the file.
no, this replaces ALL the occurances of 'oldword' to 'newword' on the CURRENT line where your cursor is.
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