On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Tony Rick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Looks like Rogan is an emacs kind of person. Maybe you are, too. I'm a vim > guy, myself. There it's > 1. cursor to column of interest > 2. ctrl-v (visual block mode) > 3. motion commands to select lines > 4. edit command of choice (d for delete, s fro replace, etc) > > For my file of 23575 lines: > 1. cursor to column 5. > 2. ctrl-v > 3. 23575j > 4. d > > et voila! > > Of course, if you are not vim-savvy, there could be a learning curve. > > > - tony > Also, from the command line, assuming n is the column number of interest (starting from 1) cut -c 1-(n-1),(n+1)- oldfile > newfile read "cut dash c 1 dash n minus 1 comma n plus 1 dash oldfile-in to newfile out" so if the column of interest is 17, the command is cut -c 1-16,18- oldfile > newfile - tony - tony _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
