# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-12-02 16:36:21 +0100:
> On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, [iso-8859-9] Malik Bülent wrote:
>
> > On Freebsd4.x
> > I have a file. I want to change some expressions with new ones
> > For example a file
> > touch /var/qmail/1
> > touch /var/qmail/2
> > touch /var/qmail/3
> > touch /var/qmail/4
> > touch /var/qmail/5
> > touch /var/qmail/6
> > I want to change "touch" with "rm"
> > How can i replace a newones in stead of a lot of expressions in a file on
> > FreeBSD ?
> > Which command(s) do i have to use ?
>
> Unfortunately I deleted your other mail, asking how to remove lines
> containing some text in a file, but this might be one of many
> solutions:
>
> # perl -e 'open(FD,"<file"); while(<FD>) { if(!($_ =~ /texttolookfor/)) { print
>"$_"; }} close(FD);' > file.tmp
>
> This has not been tested, so use it at your own risk. :-)
how about this? even tested :)
sed -i'' '/pattern/d' file
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