Ash wrote: > Bob 123 Main St. > Bob 123 Main St. > Bob 123 Main St. > Bob 123 Main St. > Dolly 785 Circle St. > Chris 438 Park St. > ... > Ian 888 en St. > > Etc. > > I want to delete the "Bob" address from all the files, but leave all the > rest of the addresses alone. I'm sure sed or awk both could do this, > but I can't figure out how. >
How about sed: sed -i '/^Bob /d' File1 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
