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# 1  
Old 09-28-2011
Remove Numbers from file
I have a file that has some text that looks like this


Some Text
1. More text
2. Different text
Final Text

I would like the remove the lines of text that start with the numbers.

Some Text
Final Text

I have tried to use cat file.txt | grep -Ev 1. > file2.txt
However it just removes lines from the file.

Thank you
# 2  
Old 09-28-2011
Try:

Code:
awk ' $1+0 == 0 ' input-file-name >new-file-name

Will remove any line that starts with a number other than zero.
Last edited by agama; 09-28-2011 at 08:31 PM.. Reason: typo
# 3  
Old 09-28-2011
cat some .txt
------
text begin
1. algo
2. otro
3. algo mas
text end

------
sed -i 's/^[0-9].*$//g' some.txt |awk NF -

----
cat some.txt

text begin
text end
----------------
simple and practical
# 4  
Old 09-28-2011
That worked!
Thank you for your help.
# 5  
Old 09-28-2011
That worked great.
Thank you
# 6  
Old 09-28-2011
Try this
Code:
cat <inpput file> | grep ^[a-z,A-Z] >> <ouputfile>

Last edited by Franklin52; 09-29-2011 at 07:39 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 7  
Old 09-28-2011
Code:
 
$ awk '!/^[0-9]/' inputfile
Some Text 
Final Text
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