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Re: What is the best way to remove(delete) specific lines from a very large file?

by fundflow (Chaplain)
on Dec 02, 2001 at 22:55 UTC ( [id://128996]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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  1. or download this
    cat big-file.txt | grep -v 'bad line' > new-file.txt
  2. or download this
    perl -i.orig -pe '$_="" if /bad line/' big-file.txt

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