Hi There,
I've written a script that processes a data file on our system. Basically the script reads a post code from a list file, looks in the data file for the first occurrence (using grep) and reads the line number. It then tails the data file, with the line number just read, and outputs to a... (3 Replies)
I'm trying to find a command which will allow me to remove a range of lines (2-4) from a .dat file from the command line without opening the file.
Someone mentioned using the ex command?
Does anyone have any ideas?
thanks (6 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
I'm a little new to UNIX. How can I do remove the first and last line in a file? Say, supppose I have a file as below:
1DMA
400002BARRIE
401002CALGARY/LETHBRI
402002CARLETON
500001PORTLAND-AUBRN
501001NEW YORK, NY ... (1 Reply)
Hi Gurus,
I'm a little new to UNIX. How can I do remove the first and last line in a file? Say, supppose I have a file as below:
Code:
1DMA
400002BARRIE
401002CALGARY/LETHBRI
402002CARLETON
500001PORTLAND-AUBRN
501001NEW YORK, NY
502001BINGHAMTON, NY ... (2 Replies)
Hi
Does anybody know of a command that will enable me to remove all entries in a file that have the format (name & time)
more testfile
anthony 2003
anthonyr 2008
amorel 15:00
anthonyp 14:35
anthonyp 14:35
anthonyr 2008
ardean 13:28
arlene 2003
arlenem 08:15
arlenem 08:15... (5 Replies)
Hi
I have many files all with 1 field per line as in
12345
abcde
john.paul.net
6789101
how do I remove ceratin lines from these files.
Have tried sed but sed wrecks my head!
Many thanks in advance for any help (9 Replies)
Hi folks, I have a long string of DNA sequences, and I need to remove several lines, as well as the line directly following them. For example, here is a sample of my starting material:
>548::GY31UMJ02DLYEH rank=0007170 x=1363.5 y=471.0 length=478... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have a linux server that was hacked and I have a bunch of files that sporadically contain the following lines through out the file:
<?php eval(base64_decode("Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx"));
I did't put the exact lines of the file in this post. The "Xxxx" are random letters/numbers.... (8 Replies)
GM,
I have an issue at work, which requires a simple solution. But, after multiple attempts, I have not been able to hit on the code needed.
I am assuming that sed, awk or even perl could do what I need.
I have an application that adds extra blank page feeds, for multiple reports, when... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jxfish2
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prunehistory
PRUNEHISTORY(8) System Manager's Manual PRUNEHISTORY(8)NAME
prunehistory - remove file names from Usenet history file
SYNOPSIS
prunehistory [ -f filename ] [ -p ]
DESCRIPTION
Prunehistory modifies the history(5) text file to ``remove'' a set of filenames from it. The filenames are removed by overwriting them
with spaces, so that the size and position of any following entries does not change.
Prunehistory reads the standard input. The input is taken as a set of lines. Blank lines and lines starting with a number sign (``#'')
are ignored. All other lines are should consist of a Message-ID followed by zero or more filenames.
The Message-ID is used as the dbz(3) key to get an offset into the text file. If no filenames are mentioned on the input line, then all
filenames in the text are ``removed.'' If any filenames are mentioned, they are converted into the history file notation. If they appear
in the line for the specified Message-ID then they are removed.
Since innd(8) only appends to the text file, prunehistory does not need to have any interaction with it.
OPTIONS -p Prunehistory will normally complain about lines that do not follow the correct format. If the ``-p'' flag is used, then the program
will silently print any invalid lines on its standard output. (Blank lines and comment lines are also passed through.) This can be
useful when prunehistory is used as a filter for other programs such as reap.
-f The default name of the history file is <pathdb in inn.conf>/history; to specify a different name, use the ``-f'' flag.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 1.7, dated 1998/04/09.
SEE ALSO dbz(3), history(5), inn.conf(5), innd(8).
PRUNEHISTORY(8)