Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-15 Thread William Ballard
On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:42:11PM -0700, William Ballard wrote: > sed '/b/,$p' file outputs: ah, I missed the '-n'. I still think it's six one half dozen the other. I've never used '-n' in sed before. This '-n' is a strange and curious character. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-15 Thread William Ballard
On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:42:11PM -0700, William Ballard wrote: > sed '/b/,$p' file outputs: ah, I missed the '-n'. I still think it's six one half dozen the other. I've never used '-n' in sed before. This '-n' is a strange and curious character. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-15 Thread William Ballard
On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:25:22PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: (William Ballard wrote): > > >sed '/1083300070/,$!d' file > > sed -n "/1083300070/,$p" updatelog.sql > updatelog2.sql I don't think that's right Bob: Let file contain: a b c d sed '/b/,$!d' outputs: b c d sed '/b/,$p' file outputs:

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > >>Would it be easier if I already now the line number? > >>(I found it with grep) > > > >I think this will do it: > > > >sed '/1083300070/,$!d' file Very close. Just invert that command. > I did it like this: > grep -n "1083300070" updatelog.sql > sed -n "59507480,999

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-13 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
How can I find which line number contains "1083300070" and then slice the file from that line number and to its end? sed read about ranges, complements (!), and d delete Would it be easier if I already now the line number? (I found it with grep) I think this will do it: sed '/1083300070/,$!d' fi

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-13 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 01:10:15AM +0200, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > >>How can I find which line number contains "1083300070" and then slice > >>the file from that line number and to its end? > > > >sed > > > >read about ranges, complements (!), and d delete > > Would it be easier if I already n

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-13 Thread Jacob Friis Larsen
How can I find which line number contains "1083300070" and then slice the file from that line number and to its end? sed read about ranges, complements (!), and d delete Would it be easier if I already now the line number? (I found it with grep) Thanks, Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-13 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:45:56AM +0200, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > How can I find which line number contains "1083300070" and then slice > the file from that line number and to its end? sed read about ranges, complements (!), and d delete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: Find string and cut file

2004-05-13 Thread William Ballard
On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 12:45:56AM +0200, Jacob Friis Larsen wrote: > How can I find which line number contains "1083300070" and then slice > the file from that line number and to its end? sed it has a notion of ranges, complements, and the d delete command -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL