[Tutor] [Off-Topic] 'ex' vs. 'sed'...

[زياد بن]

(sorry for hijacking the thread like this!)

On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 15:02 -0800, Bill Campbell wrote:
 <snip>
> Another way on *nix systems that might be better wouldn't use
> python at all.  Edit the file in place with ed or ex:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> ex - filename <<DONE
> 1d
> w
> q
> DONE
> 
Errrr,  how about: "sed -i.BACKUP -e '1d' filename"?

Much shorter, elegant, and obvious.  (and it creates a backup file of
the original.)

After all, "sed" stands for: Stream EDitor.

Ziyad.
(again, sorry for hijacking the thread.)