cli-sedHow do I delete a file using the command line sed tool?
To delete a file using the command line sed tool, you can use the following command:
sed -i '' '/<pattern>/d' <filename>
This command will delete all lines from the file that match the given <pattern>
.
The command consists of the following parts:
sed
- the command line sed tool-i ''
- an option that specifies that the given file should be edited in place/<pattern>/d
- a regular expression that specifies what lines should be deleted<filename>
- the name of the file to be edited
For example, if you want to delete all lines containing the word "hello" from the file example.txt
, you can use the following command:
sed -i '' '/hello/d' example.txt
This command will delete all lines containing the word "hello" from the file example.txt
.
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