> perl -ni -e 'next unless /foo/' myfile.txt
Actually, finally got this to work this way to remove all lines but those containing foo: perl -ni -e 'next unless /foo/; print;' myfile.txt and this way for all those not containing foo: perl -ni -e 'next if /foo/; print;' myfile.txt -- Namaste, Kristin "Much as I hate to say it, the Computer Science view of language design has gotten too inbred in recent years. The Computer Scientists should pay more attention to the Linguists, who have a much better handle on how people prefer to communicate." --Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]