Can't you use grep for that. find the line then somehow delete it once found. now that I think about it I'm not actually sure how you'd do that Or replace that found line with a blank line.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <chris.norman4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:47 AM Subject: Help with batch file. > Hi all, > I am writing a bash script. Part of the script involves deleting one > line of a file, which will be located anywhere in the file. > > The line will follow the syntax: > > $1.$FILE > > How can I delete this from a file? I believe sed is the way forward, but > can't find anything in the manual. > > Cheers. > > > -- > > > Chris Norman. > > <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
