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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting A simple find and replace without using any regex (bash) Post 302176380 by era on Tuesday 18th of March 2008 08:08:29 AM
Old 03-18-2008
Oh, and if you are really strict about bash, try this:

Code:
read input
while read line; do
  case $line in
    $input) echo ;;  # or not, if you want the newline gone, too
    *) echo "$line";;
  esac
done <file

era
 

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line

line(1)                                                            User Commands                                                           line(1)

NAME

       line - read one line

SYNOPSIS

       line

DESCRIPTION

       The  line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns
       an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.

EXIT STATUS

       Exit status is:

       0        Successful completion

       >0       End-of-file on input.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          1 Feb 1995                                                             line(1)
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