newbie Q: delete list few lines in file

[Jonathan Hogg]

On 30/6/2002 5:33, in article 3D1E8A08.53DD2272 at engcorp.com, "Peter Hansen"
<peter at engcorp.com> wrote:

> Hans Nowak wrote:
>> 
>> Peter Hansen wrote:
>> 
>>> You cannot write files in place.
>> 
>> <nitpick>
>> 
>> Sure you can:
> 
> [snip proof]
> 
> Of course, but we were answering a newbie's questions, right?

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.
 
> -trying-not-to-complicate-things-ly yr's,

If you want to say "that's complicated, are you sure you want to do that?",
go ahead. But it's not helpful to tell someone that something cannot be done
when it can. That's just misdirection.

-newbies-aren't-children-ly y'rs,

Jonathan