dunryc
December 27, 2012, 3:36pm
1
Hi guys
I have a text file in the following format
1410054
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec diam dui,
congue sed tristique eget, pulvinar in enim. Nam tortor odio, rhoncus
sit amet suscipit eget, fringilla non purus. Donec non condimentum neque.
Praesent adipiscing nibh at mauris aliquam non fermentum dolor adipiscing.
Ut dolor mauris, condimentum in dapibus non, convallis vitae quam. Aenean
tincidunt justo at magna congue condimentum. Vestibulum lacus nisl, portt
1410187
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec diam dui,
congue sed tristique eget, pulvinar in enim. Nam tortor odio, rhoncus
sit amet suscipit eget, fringilla non purus. Donec non condimentum neque.
Praesent adipiscing nibh at mauris aliquam non fermentum dolor adipiscing.
Ut dolor mauris, condimentum in dapibus non, convallis vitae quam. Aenean
tincidunt justo at magna congue condimentum. Vestibulum lacus nisl, portt
what i would like ot do is iterate through the file deleting the lines containing only numbers. I have googled this and have been unable to find any help ( maybe its my search terms)
so if any one an give me a heads up i would appreciate it
dunryc
dunryc
December 27, 2012, 3:47pm
3
that works a treat would you know if there is any way of replacing those lines with another string ?
thanks
Yoda
December 27, 2012, 3:55pm
4
Assuming numbers are 7 digit length:
sed 's/[0-9]\{7\}/string/g' filename
Generic approach:
sed 's/[0-9]\+/string/g' filename