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edit HUGE text files selectively using nano
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| # From here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29269913 | |
| # by: https://stackoverflow.com/users/122422/b-t | |
| # based on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6874645/1640414 | |
| # Usage: hfnano.sh yourHugeFile 3 8 | |
| # hint: put in your /usr/bin | |
| if [ "$#" -ne 3 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 hugeFilePath startLine endLine" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| sed -n -e $2','$3'p' -e $3'q' $1 > hfnano_temporary_file | |
| nano hfnano_temporary_file | |
| (head -n `expr $2 - 1` $1; cat hfnano_temporary_file; sed -e '1,'$3'd' $1) > hfnano_temporary_file2 | |
| cat hfnano_temporary_file2 > $1 | |
| rm hfnano_temporary_file hfnano_temporary_file2 |
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