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Old 10-11-2013
How to delete either of one line from file.?
Hi gurus,

I have one file it may contains one line is "START" or "FINISH" either one of them.
I use below command to delete it, but it doens't work.
Code:
sed '/^START\|^END/d' <inputfile > outfile

anybody can help me to fix this.


thanks in advance.
Last edited by vbe; 10-11-2013 at 01:40 PM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 10-11-2013
If using sed:

Code:
sed -e '/^START/d' -e '/^END/d' < inputfile > outputfile

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Old 10-11-2013
An awk Approach

Code:
$ awk '!/START/&&!/END/'  inputfile >outputfile

# 4  
Old 10-11-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by cjcox
If using sed:

Code:
sed -e '/^START/d' -e '/^END/d' < inputfile > outputfile

Thanks for your quick replay,
I got another issue.
I tried it in command line, it works
but if I put in script, it doesn't work.
below is the portition, it print out "here", but doesn't delete the line
Code:
else
echo "here"
sed -e '/^ALL/d' -e '/^FILE/d' < file> file_tmp
#mv file_tmp file

Thanks again.
# 5  
Old 10-11-2013
You can also use grep

Code:
grep -v -E '^(END|START)'  infile >outfile

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Old 10-11-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Akshay Hegde
You can also use grep

Code:
grep -v -E '^(END|START)'  infile >outfile

when using below command
i got error.
Code:
grep -v -E '^(END|START)' infile

Code:
grep: illegal option -- E
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .

My OS is
SunOS 5.10 Generic_144488-17 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-

any idea?

Thanks
# 7  
Old 10-11-2013
See

Code:
$ cat abc 
START

HAI 
HEKKO
FOO
FOOA
END
FOO
NNO

Code:
$ grep -v -E '^(END|START)' abc 

HAI 
HEKKO
FOO
FOOA
FOO
NNO

try with egrep or with small e
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