newbie Q: delete list few lines in file

[Peter Hansen]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Hogg wrote:
> >
> > I think that it is unclear from Xah's original post whether the files or the
> > lines are to be deleted. Certainly, asking how to write to files in place
> > suggests that the lines are to be deleted.
> 
> I didn't catch that part.  Apparently neither did anyone else who was
> interested in helping, rather than criticizing...

Bah, sorry for sniping, Jonathan.

I think I need a vacation from this job.

-Peter