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Old 03-22-2009
Remove rows from file
Hi to all,this is my first post here.
I've a file as

name
89
78
09
67
othername

how I can remove the word name and othername from this file, and an eventually blank row in it?Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 03-22-2009
Backup your data first, then try the following command:

Code:
> __temp__ grep '^[0-9][0-9]*' yourfile && mv __temp__ yourfile

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Old 03-22-2009
It works perfectly, thanks
 
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