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Old 04-09-2010
Delete lines with line numbers.

Hi,

I have a file will 1000 lines.... I want to deleted some line in the file... like 800-850 lines i want to remove in that...

can somebody help me..?

thanks.
# 2  
Old 04-09-2010
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Originally Posted by Kattoor
Hi,

I have a file will 1000 lines.... I want to deleted some line in the file... like 800-850 lines i want to remove in that...

can somebody help me..?

thanks.
Code:
sed '800,850d' file > newfile

# 3  
Old 04-09-2010
in vi try this
Code:
:800,850d

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