Matthew Woehlke wrote: > $ sed -e '5d' -e '/FOO/d' -e '5,7d' myfile > mynewfile > > Note that redirecting output to an input file is not recommended (you > might end up truncating the file, for example).
You almost certainly would. > If you need to replace the file, it is best to write to a temporary > file and use e.g. 'mv mynewfile myfile' when you are done. Check out the newish sed option --in-place. It does what you want. $ sed --in-place $SEDCOMMAND $SOMEFILE This is available in sed version 4 and later. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
