Delete ranges of lines, but skip the comments which come in between the lines

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I have a file with the following contents:



Windows user
I love windows
Windows 10
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
Just started with my job
New to shell scripting as well
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I want to delete all the lines:



starting from "I love windows" to "New to shell scripting as well", but keep the comments that are present between these lines.



So, the desired output should appear as below:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I used sed command to delete the range of lines using the line numbers



sed '2,7d' file


But this command deletes the comments as well, which I want preserved.






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  • Somehow I have the feeling you are not looking for an Ubuntu solution. Actually not a Linux solution at all. Please make sure you are not to waist people's time, looking for answers that you will not be able to confirm.
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    @JacobVlijm with the sed '2,6d' file command s/he came with and the the output s/he got, I think s/he is able to use that command either in Ubuntu or WSL or Cygwin or ...
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    3 hours ago











  • IF it is not Ubuntu, this is typically an off topic situation @αғsнιη
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago











  • Thanks to all those who helped me answer this question, without considering it irrelevant to the forum. I got what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago














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I have a file with the following contents:



Windows user
I love windows
Windows 10
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
Just started with my job
New to shell scripting as well
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I want to delete all the lines:



starting from "I love windows" to "New to shell scripting as well", but keep the comments that are present between these lines.



So, the desired output should appear as below:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I used sed command to delete the range of lines using the line numbers



sed '2,7d' file


But this command deletes the comments as well, which I want preserved.






text-processing sed







share|improve this question























  • Somehow I have the feeling you are not looking for an Ubuntu solution. Actually not a Linux solution at all. Please make sure you are not to waist people's time, looking for answers that you will not be able to confirm.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    3 hours ago







  • 1




    @JacobVlijm with the sed '2,6d' file command s/he came with and the the output s/he got, I think s/he is able to use that command either in Ubuntu or WSL or Cygwin or ...
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    3 hours ago











  • IF it is not Ubuntu, this is typically an off topic situation @αғsнιη
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago











  • Thanks to all those who helped me answer this question, without considering it irrelevant to the forum. I got what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago












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I have a file with the following contents:



Windows user
I love windows
Windows 10
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
Just started with my job
New to shell scripting as well
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I want to delete all the lines:



starting from "I love windows" to "New to shell scripting as well", but keep the comments that are present between these lines.



So, the desired output should appear as below:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I used sed command to delete the range of lines using the line numbers



sed '2,7d' file


But this command deletes the comments as well, which I want preserved.






text-processing sed







share|improve this question















I have a file with the following contents:



Windows user
I love windows
Windows 10
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
Just started with my job
New to shell scripting as well
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I want to delete all the lines:



starting from "I love windows" to "New to shell scripting as well", but keep the comments that are present between these lines.



So, the desired output should appear as below:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF


I used sed command to delete the range of lines using the line numbers



sed '2,7d' file


But this command deletes the comments as well, which I want preserved.






text-processing sed




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  • Somehow I have the feeling you are not looking for an Ubuntu solution. Actually not a Linux solution at all. Please make sure you are not to waist people's time, looking for answers that you will not be able to confirm.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    3 hours ago







  • 1




    @JacobVlijm with the sed '2,6d' file command s/he came with and the the output s/he got, I think s/he is able to use that command either in Ubuntu or WSL or Cygwin or ...
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    3 hours ago











  • IF it is not Ubuntu, this is typically an off topic situation @αғsнιη
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago











  • Thanks to all those who helped me answer this question, without considering it irrelevant to the forum. I got what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago
















  • Somehow I have the feeling you are not looking for an Ubuntu solution. Actually not a Linux solution at all. Please make sure you are not to waist people's time, looking for answers that you will not be able to confirm.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    3 hours ago







  • 1




    @JacobVlijm with the sed '2,6d' file command s/he came with and the the output s/he got, I think s/he is able to use that command either in Ubuntu or WSL or Cygwin or ...
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    3 hours ago











  • IF it is not Ubuntu, this is typically an off topic situation @αғsнιη
    – Jacob Vlijm
    2 hours ago











  • Thanks to all those who helped me answer this question, without considering it irrelevant to the forum. I got what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago















Somehow I have the feeling you are not looking for an Ubuntu solution. Actually not a Linux solution at all. Please make sure you are not to waist people's time, looking for answers that you will not be able to confirm.
– Jacob Vlijm
3 hours ago





Somehow I have the feeling you are not looking for an Ubuntu solution. Actually not a Linux solution at all. Please make sure you are not to waist people's time, looking for answers that you will not be able to confirm.
– Jacob Vlijm
3 hours ago





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@JacobVlijm with the sed '2,6d' file command s/he came with and the the output s/he got, I think s/he is able to use that command either in Ubuntu or WSL or Cygwin or ...
– Î±Ò“sнιη
3 hours ago





@JacobVlijm with the sed '2,6d' file command s/he came with and the the output s/he got, I think s/he is able to use that command either in Ubuntu or WSL or Cygwin or ...
– Î±Ò“sнιη
3 hours ago













IF it is not Ubuntu, this is typically an off topic situation @αғsнιη
– Jacob Vlijm
2 hours ago





IF it is not Ubuntu, this is typically an off topic situation @αғsнιη
– Jacob Vlijm
2 hours ago













Thanks to all those who helped me answer this question, without considering it irrelevant to the forum. I got what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
– Akshay Nandi
1 hour ago




Thanks to all those who helped me answer this question, without considering it irrelevant to the forum. I got what I was looking for, thanks a lot!
– Akshay Nandi
1 hour ago










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Try using:



sed '2,7/^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


This is normally deleting lines from 2~7 but not the lines that starts with a hash as known as a commented line.



The [[:blank:]] character class is used to match and keep those lines that it's a commented line but took whitespaces at behind too either zero or more whitespace.



To be more specifically using the patterns given:



sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


Standard-complaint sed solution would be:



sed -e '2,7' -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/!d' -e '' infile


The output is:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF





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    you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
    – glenn jackman
    2 hours ago










  • I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
    – Akshay Nandi
    2 hours ago










  • I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago







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    glad it to worked!
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    1 hour ago










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Try using:



sed '2,7/^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


This is normally deleting lines from 2~7 but not the lines that starts with a hash as known as a commented line.



The [[:blank:]] character class is used to match and keep those lines that it's a commented line but took whitespaces at behind too either zero or more whitespace.



To be more specifically using the patterns given:



sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


Standard-complaint sed solution would be:



sed -e '2,7' -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/!d' -e '' infile


The output is:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF





share|improve this answer


















  • 1




    you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
    – glenn jackman
    2 hours ago










  • I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
    – Akshay Nandi
    2 hours ago










  • I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago







  • 1




    glad it to worked!
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    1 hour ago














up vote
4
down vote



accepted










Try using:



sed '2,7/^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


This is normally deleting lines from 2~7 but not the lines that starts with a hash as known as a commented line.



The [[:blank:]] character class is used to match and keep those lines that it's a commented line but took whitespaces at behind too either zero or more whitespace.



To be more specifically using the patterns given:



sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


Standard-complaint sed solution would be:



sed -e '2,7' -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/!d' -e '' infile


The output is:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF





share|improve this answer


















  • 1




    you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
    – glenn jackman
    2 hours ago










  • I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
    – Akshay Nandi
    2 hours ago










  • I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago







  • 1




    glad it to worked!
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    1 hour ago












up vote
4
down vote



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up vote
4
down vote



accepted






Try using:



sed '2,7/^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


This is normally deleting lines from 2~7 but not the lines that starts with a hash as known as a commented line.



The [[:blank:]] character class is used to match and keep those lines that it's a commented line but took whitespaces at behind too either zero or more whitespace.



To be more specifically using the patterns given:



sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


Standard-complaint sed solution would be:



sed -e '2,7' -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/!d' -e '' infile


The output is:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF





share|improve this answer














Try using:



sed '2,7/^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


This is normally deleting lines from 2~7 but not the lines that starts with a hash as known as a commented line.



The [[:blank:]] character class is used to match and keep those lines that it's a commented line but took whitespaces at behind too either zero or more whitespace.



To be more specifically using the patterns given:



sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' infile


Standard-complaint sed solution would be:



sed -e '2,7' -e '/^[[:space:]]*#/!d' -e '' infile


The output is:



Windows user
# I like it
# I want to keep these two lines
New to Mac
Please help!

#EOF






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  • 1




    you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
    – glenn jackman
    2 hours ago










  • I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
    – Akshay Nandi
    2 hours ago










  • I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago







  • 1




    glad it to worked!
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    1 hour ago












  • 1




    you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
    – glenn jackman
    2 hours ago










  • I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
    – Akshay Nandi
    2 hours ago










  • I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
    – Akshay Nandi
    1 hour ago







  • 1




    glad it to worked!
    – Î±Ò“sнιη
    1 hour ago







1




1




you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
– glenn jackman
2 hours ago




you can (should) use a regex range: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' -- that more exactly meets the requirements
– glenn jackman
2 hours ago












I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
– Akshay Nandi
2 hours ago




I will implement the solution and let you both know the results, thank you
– Akshay Nandi
2 hours ago












I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
– Akshay Nandi
1 hour ago





I tried the following: sed '/I love windows/,/New to shell scripting as well/ /^[[:blank:]]*#/!d' But it throws an error: "/I love windows/,/New t ...": extra characters at the end of d command
– Akshay Nandi
1 hour ago





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