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This is a simple script that removes a specific line from a file
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| ## | |
| # remove_line.sh | |
| ## | |
| # About | |
| # | |
| # This is a simple script that removes a given line from a file. When run it | |
| # will create a file named | |
| ## | |
| # Usage | |
| # | |
| # remove_line.sh <path to file> <line to remove> | |
| ## | |
| # Example | |
| # | |
| # Command: | |
| # | |
| # remove_line.sh import.jsonl 343 | |
| # | |
| # Result | |
| # | |
| # A file named import.jsonl.without-343 is created without line 343 from | |
| # import.jsonl | |
| the_file=$1 | |
| invalid_line=$2; | |
| the_filename=`basename $the_file` | |
| new_filename="$the_filename.without-$invalid_line" | |
| echo "Creating file $new_filename" | |
| head -n$((invalid_line-1)) $the_file > $new_filename; | |
| tail -n+$((invalid_line+1)) $the_file >> $new_filename; | |
| echo "Complete!" |
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