1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I have a file & always I need to remove or delete last 2 lines from that file. So in a file if I have 10 lines then it should return me first 8 lines. Can someone help me? (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I delete all the lines after the line containing text ***DISCLOSURES*** . I want to delete this line too. Thank you (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a file with 65 sets of 35 coordinates, and would like to isolate these coordinates so that I can easily copy the coordinates to another file. The problem is, I've got a 9 line header before each set of coordinates (so each set is 44 lines long). There are a zillion threads out there about... (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

How I can delete 100 lines anywhere in a file without opening a file and without renaming the file. (11 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

We have a server that logs transactions to a file. I want to write a script that will delete the first 50 lines of the file daily without renameing the file or moving the file. (8 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a text file with two coulmn first column is just used in to show the line number, these line number are not there in the real file. I want to delete the line 16(in this file) here, even tough there is no data inside it . this empty line is causing me a problem by throwing me garbage... (12 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I'am working under unix solaris I have a text file with set of lines, each set of lines (BLOCK) have three fixed lines : Between SECND line and THEND we have N lines, N differ from a block to another sample : i have to make a script wich delete each 3 fixed lines if N=0... (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a file like this one: 03-07-2011 sunz02 message1 03-07-2011 sunz02 message2 03-07-2011 sunz02 message3 01-07-2011 sunz02 message1 01-07-2011 sunz02 message2 01-07-2011 sunz02 ... (1 Reply)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a file like: 26-07-2011 sunz02 message1 26-07-2011 sunz02 message2 26-07-2011 sunz02 message3 15-07-2011 sunz02 message1 15-07-2011 sunz02 message2 15-07-2011 sunz02 message3... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

here is the part of the code var1="replicate-ignore-db" var2="replicate-same-server-id" var3="skip-slave-start" var4="report-host" var5="master-host" var6="master-user" var7="master-password" var8="master-port" #code below deleted paramters as above if exists in my.cnf for i in 1 2 3 4... (4 Replies)