On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:34:10 -0800, Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org> wrote: > how can i delete, say, lines 8,9,and 10 from 200 files > using sed? Is it > > sed '8,10d'< file> newfile > or is there a better way?
Use in-place editing: keram...@kobe:/tmp$ cat -n foo 1 foo 2 bar 3 baz keram...@kobe:/tmp$ sed -i '' -e '2d' foo keram...@kobe:/tmp$ cat -n foo 1 foo 2 baz keram...@kobe:/tmp$ Look at the manpage of sed for more details about the -i option, and consider using backup files while you are running tests. In-place editing is very cool, but it can also make changes that are difficult to recover from. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"