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Re: Novice asks: How to remove lines from a txt file?
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Sergei Steshenko |
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Re: Novice asks: How to remove lines from a txt file? |
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Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:36:44 -0700 (PDT) |
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> From: vilsu <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
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> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 9:31 PM
> Subject: Novice asks: How to remove lines from a txt file?
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> Hello!
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> I have a txt file with a lot of lines in it.
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> I need to remove the lines which have a certain combination of letters, say
> "gum".
> I know how to identyfy such lines, but how to remove the line altogether?
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> Any suggestions and hints are welcome.
>
> vilsu
Read http://linux.die.net/man/1/grep , pay attention to '-v'.
It is _not_ an Octave question.
Regards,
Sergei.