Need a good Unix script that..

[Garrett Cooper]

On Mar 14, 2007, at 2:56 AM, bstitt at tsys.com wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to write a script to delete all line that include a certain
> pattern in an output file. I sending information to one of our  
> Security
> people and they take this data and create a spreadsheet on the
> information, I have a constant reoccurring lines within the output  
> file
> that they do not need. I'm trying to use the sed command to remove  
> lines
> that fits a certain pattern but it does not appear to remove anything.
>
> Any helpful ideas or any useful links to scripts.
>
> Thanks so much..
>
> Bruce Stitt
> TSYS Hosting Services
> Voice 706-644-0965

As mentioned, when doing simple regex replacements in Unix, some good  
languages / programs to use are:

grep <- extraction only
sed <- simple extraction / replacement
perl <- the kitchen sink

-Garrett