Re: Find string and cut file

[bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx)]

Jacob Friis Larsen wrote:
> >>Would it be easier if I already now the line number?
> >>(I found it with grep)
> >
> >I think this will do it:
> >
> >sed '/1083300070/,$!d' file

Very close.  Just invert that command.

> I did it like this:
> grep -n "1083300070" updatelog.sql
> sed -n "59507480,999999999p" updatelog.sql > updatelog2.sql &

You can combine the grep and the sed and then only process the file
once.

  sed -n "/1083300070/,$p" updatelog.sql > updatelog2.sql

That also removes the arbitrary 999999999 marker, which is pleasing.

Bob

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