Very Computer

>         Could someone point me in the right direction here?  I do not know
>         much, but I want to learn how to create a new command.  I have a
>         unix directory with several files, and would like to create a
>         command which would work like this:

>         Read all the lines in the specified file (or all files) and if the
>         string is found, then delete the whole line.  Keep doing this until
>         all such lines in the specified files are deleted.

>         The command would look like this:

>             newcommand <string> <filename or wildcard>

>         I don't know if this is a simple few lines of code or not, so I hope
>         this isn't too much to ask.

> >         Could someone point me in the right direction here?  I do not know
> >         much, but I want to learn how to create a new command.  I have a
> >         unix directory with several files, and would like to create a
> >         command which would work like this:

> >         Read all the lines in the specified file (or all files) and if the
> >         string is found, then delete the whole line.  Keep doing this until
> >         all such lines in the specified files are deleted.

> >         The command would look like this:

> >             newcommand <string> <filename or wildcard>

> >         I don't know if this is a simple few lines of code or not, so I hope
> >         this isn't too much to ask.

> if you have a perl compiler:

>   perl -e 's/\n<string>\n/\n/g' -p -i.bak <filename or wildcard>

>         Could someone point me in the right direction here?  I do not know
>         much, but I want to learn how to create a new command.  I have a
>         unix directory with several files, and would like to create a
>         command which would work like this:

>         Read all the lines in the specified file (or all files) and if the
>         string is found, then delete the whole line.  Keep doing this until
>         all such lines in the specified files are deleted.

>         The command would look like this:

>             newcommand <string> <filename or wildcard>

>         I don't know if this is a simple few lines of code or not, so I hope
>         this isn't too much to ask.

> >         Could someone point me in the right direction here?  I do not know
> >         much, but I want to learn how to create a new command.  I have a
> >         unix directory with several files, and would like to create a
> >         command which would work like this:

> >         Read all the lines in the specified file (or all files) and if the
> >         string is found, then delete the whole line.  Keep doing this until
> >         all such lines in the specified files are deleted.

> >         The command would look like this:

> >             newcommand <string> <filename or wildcard>

> >         I don't know if this is a simple few lines of code or not, so I hope
> >         this isn't too much to ask.

> if you have a perl compiler:

>   perl -e 's/\n<string>\n/\n/g' -p -i.bak <filename or wildcard>

> > >         Could someone point me in the right direction here?  I do not know
> > >         much, but I want to learn how to create a new command.  I have a
> > >         unix directory with several files, and would like to create a
> > >         command which would work like this:

> > >         Read all the lines in the specified file (or all files) and if the
> > >         string is found, then delete the whole line.  Keep doing this until
> > >         all such lines in the specified files are deleted.

> > >         The command would look like this:

> > >             newcommand <string> <filename or wildcard>

> > >         I don't know if this is a simple few lines of code or not, so I hope
> > >         this isn't too much to ask.

> > if you have a perl compiler:

> >   perl -e 's/\n<string>\n/\n/g' -p -i.bak <filename or wildcard>

> or

> cat <filename> | sed /<string>/d

> This Week's Useless Use of Cat Award goes to...

> Mariusz> cat <filename> | sed /<string>/d