1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file which has some lines starting with a particular word. I would like to delete 5 lines before each such line containing that particular word. eg: line1 line2 line3 line4 line5 line6 "particular word"... I would like to delete line2-line6 and all such occurences in that... (4 Replies)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, Just consider there are around 10 lines in a file. Now is it possible to delete the first 2 lines in the file without opening the file. No matter whatever the content of the file is, I just wanna delete the first 2 lines without opening the file. Is that possible? If so, please help me out.... (3 Replies)

5. 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)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am having a requirement like File A contains All the records eg., ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN File B contains invalid records of File A eg., TWO FOUR FIVE SEVEN (7 Replies)

7. 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)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Friends I have a flat file which has sentence like "Notice generated". It can be anywhere in the flat file. What I want to do is, I want to delete all the lines which are above sentence "Notice generated". How can I do it. Kindly advice. Anushree (5 Replies)

9. 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)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a reference file that needs to remain static and another file that may or may not have duplicate rows that match the reference file. I need help with a command that will delete any duplicate rows from the second file while leaving reference file intact For example reference file would... (4 Replies)