[StevoTVR]

What is the best way to remove a single line from a file containing a specific string?

Say I have a text file containing:
apple
banana
carrot
5477n
waffles

What is the most efficient way to delete the line containing carrot?

[Antithasys]

http://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=69069

[StevoTVR]

I read that already. I was hoping there was a simpler way, though.

[Antithasys]

Nope. You cannot search a text file and remove just 1 line. There is no function for that. You have to recreate the file with the line missing or use a different method to store the information.

[StevoTVR]

Alright, thanks for the info.

[teddyruxpin]

on a *nix host you can use grep

cat filename | grep -v "word you want to remove" > outfilename.txt

This will remove the entire line that has the word matched in it and put the results into the outfilename.txt

There is similar things for Windows aswell.

-Teddy