UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi there guys,

wonder if any gurus can help me out on this one...

try searching the past threads but cant find anything.

i have this huge file but when i use vi to open it it gives me the following error:

<"pmrepserver.txt""/var/tmp/Ex86200" There is not enough space in the file system.>

i know there is a command to delete the line but i have somehow forgot...can anyone give me a clue?

btw im using aix.

many thanks.



wee

Do you just want to delete the file or a line within the file?

i wan to delete a few lines in the upper part of the file but i dont think i can even edit any.

Try to copy the file to a windows PC using FTP. Open the file in wordpad or something similar and Windows should open the file which will allow you to delete the lines you want taken out.
Once completed ftp the file back to the unix server.

Yes, there are command to do this within AIX but I can't remember of the top of my head either.

Hope it helps?
Mark

hi there,

thanks for the solution but it took a whole lot of time to ftp the file over (rather huge file) which is why im asking if anyone can give me a headstart somewhere....

this will delete lines from the file,

Code:

sed '1,10d' filename > redirect_output_tofile_othermountpoint

Hi u can do it this way as well


ex file_name
:1,5d (specify the range of lines to delete)
:wq!

for example

[/gaurav]$cat tt.dat
919414247059/1026490612/123
919414315787/1353677423/123
919414951631/1026490612/123
919414315787/1601060933/123

[/gaurav]$ex tt.dat
"tt.dat" 5 lines, 113 characters
:1,2d
919414951631/1026490612/123
:wq
"tt.dat" 3 lines, 57 characters

[/gaurav]$cat tt.dat
919414951631/1026490612/123
919414315787/1601060933/123

as you can see the first two lines are deleted

cheers,
Gaurav