09-28-2007
how to remove specific lines from a file
When restoring a file in my uninstall program I need to remove the lines I added to a file during the install. In between the file can be modified by the users.
Assume file1 is as follow:
xxx str2 xxxx
.....
...The Following lines containing str* have to be removed...
xxx str1 xxxx
xxx str2 xxxxx
xxxx aaa, xxx
xxxxx str4 xxx
Result:
xxx str2 xxxx
.....
xxxx aaa, xxx
I know how to remove the line "The Following lines containing str* ...":
ln=`grep -n 'The Following lines containing' | cut -d',' -f 1`
sed $lnd file1
I also know how to remove the lines with str* in it with awk:
awk 'BEGIN { FS=";" } { if ( $2 ~ /str*/ ) { print $0 } }' file1 > outputF
However, how to do this without removing the lines with str* before the line "The Following lines containing str* have to be removed" ? (the first line in file1 for example).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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NAME
strtok, strtok_r - extract tokens from strings
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
char *strtok(char *str, const char *delim);
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