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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sed - specific line Post 302944855 by MadeInGermany on Saturday 23rd of May 2015 02:36:30 AM
Old 05-23-2015
An address RE must be either /RE/ or \cREc
Code:
sed -i "\;$folder;d" FILE.txt

---------- Post updated 05-23-15 at 01:36 AM ---------- Previous update was 05-22-15 at 04:37 PM ----------

You can have as well
Code:
folder=ZZZ
sed -i '\;/'"$folder"'$;d' FILE.txt

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