If you would like to delete the last line from a file, use the following syntax ($denotes the last line of a file). The below sedcommand removes the last line from the‘sed-demo.txt’file: # sed '$d' sed-demo.txtAfter deletion:1 Linux Operating System 2 Unix Operating System 3 RH...
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The simplest way to delete a file is using thermcommand. If you want to delete a file in the current directory, you only pass the file name to the command like this: $ rm myfile Delete a file on Linux If the target file is not in the current directory, you must pass the full fil...
Replace[newfilepath]with the path to the new.txtfile. Delete Last Line The$symbol represents the last line insedsyntax. Appenddafter$to delete the last line of a file: sed '$d' <file_path> To delete the last line from theinput.txtfile: sed '$d' input.txt To delete the last line...
In the realm of Linux terminal operations, a range ofLinux commandsare at our disposal for the purpose of effectively deleting or removing files. When it comes to the task of file elimination, we commonly rely on the“rm” command, which swiftly erases files from the system. For enhanced se...
Delete From Current Line to the Beginning of File To delete everything from the current line to the beginning of the file, enter the normal mode first. Move the cursor to the last line you want to delete and type in the following: ...
Here all the non-hidden files in the directory are deleted. However, it returns an error for sub-directories. On a side note, you can exclude a specific file from deletion by rm -v !(filename.txt). To remove all files and sub-directories from the directory /home/ubuntu/mydata, type...
Delete single line The following sed command will delete the first line of the text. sed'1d'dummy.txt Basically, to delete a line, you need the line number of the target line. Let’s remove line 5. sed'5d'dummy.txt To delete the last line of the text file, instead of manually calc...
In this article, we will explain a number of command line tools for permanently and securely deleting files in Linux. 1. Shred – Overwrite a File to Hide Content shredoverwrites a file to hide its contents, and can optionally delete it as well. ...
By now, you should clearly understand how to delete files and directories in Linux from the command line. It is important to remember that when you delete a file or directory in Linux usingrm,unlink, andrmdir, it is instantly removed instead of moving towards Trash. Therefore, you will need...