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Asked: 2026-05-15T22:51:42+00:00

I need to delete the same line in a large number of text files.

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I need to delete the same line in a large number of text files. I have been trying to use sed, but I cannot get it to delete the newline character at the end. The following successfully deletes the line, but not the newline:

sed -i -e 's/VERSION:1//' *.txt

I have tried using the following to delete the newline also, but it does not work:

sed -i -e 's/VERSION:1\n//' *.txt

Is there anyway to specify a newline in a sed substitute command OR is there any other command line tool I can use to achieve my goal? Thank you

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can use the sed command:

    sed -i -e '/VERSION:1/d'

    for this.

    The following transcript gives an example:

    pax> echo 'hello
> goodbye
> hello again' | sed '/oo/d'
hello
hello again

    You should also check whether you want to match whole lines with, for example:

    sed -i -e '/^VERSION:1$/d'

    since, as it stands, that will also delete lines like the following:

    VERSION:10
CONVERSION:1
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