09-23-2003
Deleting by ID
Need to delete records from a text file. Very new to this and am using pico. The only way i can think of doing this is to generate an ID for every record then tell it to delete that particular ID. First question is how if possible do i give each entry an ID number, the second is would this code work to delete an ID entry
sed '/.*ID.*/d' list.txt > list.txt
Any other suggestions on ways items can be deleted from a text file?
Thanks for your help
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recset
RECSET(1) User Commands RECSET(1)
NAME
recset - manipulate fields in a recfile
SYNOPSIS
recset [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Alter or delete fields in records.
--no-external
don't use external descriptors.
--force
alter the records even if violating record restrictions.
--help print a help message and exit.
--version
show version and exit.
Record selection options:
-i, --case-insensitive
make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.
-t, --type=TYPE
operate on records of the specified type only.
-e, --expression=EXPR
selection expression.
-q, --quick=STR
select records with fields containing a string.
-n, --number=NUM,...
select specific records by position, with ranges.
-R, --random=NUM
select a given number of random records.
Field selection options:
-f, --fields=FIELDS
comma-separated list of field names with optional subscripts.
Actions:
-s, --set=VALUE
change the value of the selected fields.
-a, --add=VALUE
add the selected fields with the given value.
-S, --set-add=VALUE
change the value of the selected fields. If they don't exist then add a new field with that value.
-r, --rename=NAME
rename the selected fields to a given name. If an entire record set is selected then the field is renamed in the record descriptor
as well.
-d, --delete
delete the selected fields.
-c, --comment
comment out the selected fields.
AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for recset is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recset programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info recset
should give you access to the complete manual.
recset 1.4.93 January 2012 RECSET(1)