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I have a text file on a Linux system, and would like to remove every second line, which is "even" numbered. Example: I would like to remove the second line of the file, the fourth, sixth, eighth line, and so on, until you complete filtering of the file completely.



file.txt



86850343

88065952

89381968

89536251

89714939

89826424

90124775

90672109

91408453

92438737


I would like this output:



86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453


Any help will be very welcome.
Thank you.






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    Possible duplicate of Print odd-numbered lines, print even-numbered lines
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I have a text file on a Linux system, and would like to remove every second line, which is "even" numbered. Example: I would like to remove the second line of the file, the fourth, sixth, eighth line, and so on, until you complete filtering of the file completely.



file.txt



86850343

88065952

89381968

89536251

89714939

89826424

90124775

90672109

91408453

92438737


I would like this output:



86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453


Any help will be very welcome.
Thank you.






text-processing awk sed







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    Possible duplicate of Print odd-numbered lines, print even-numbered lines
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I have a text file on a Linux system, and would like to remove every second line, which is "even" numbered. Example: I would like to remove the second line of the file, the fourth, sixth, eighth line, and so on, until you complete filtering of the file completely.



file.txt



86850343

88065952

89381968

89536251

89714939

89826424

90124775

90672109

91408453

92438737


I would like this output:



86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453


Any help will be very welcome.
Thank you.






text-processing awk sed







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I have a text file on a Linux system, and would like to remove every second line, which is "even" numbered. Example: I would like to remove the second line of the file, the fourth, sixth, eighth line, and so on, until you complete filtering of the file completely.



file.txt



86850343

88065952

89381968

89536251

89714939

89826424

90124775

90672109

91408453

92438737


I would like this output:



86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453


Any help will be very welcome.
Thank you.






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    Possible duplicate of Print odd-numbered lines, print even-numbered lines
    – don_crissti
    3 mins ago














  • 1




    Possible duplicate of Print odd-numbered lines, print even-numbered lines
    – don_crissti
    3 mins ago








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Possible duplicate of Print odd-numbered lines, print even-numbered lines
– don_crissti
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Possible duplicate of Print odd-numbered lines, print even-numbered lines
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With GNU Sed's n-skip-m notation:



$ sed '2~2d' file.txt

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





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  • Thanks! Works fine!!!
    – logvca
    29 mins ago



















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You can't really beat sed for this sort of thing, but here are some other options:



$ awk 'NR%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737



$ perl -ne 'print if $.%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'print unless $.%2' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'not $.%2 && print' file

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





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  • Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
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    1 min ago











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With GNU Sed's n-skip-m notation:



$ sed '2~2d' file.txt

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





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  • Thanks! Works fine!!!
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With GNU Sed's n-skip-m notation:



$ sed '2~2d' file.txt

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





share|improve this answer























  • Thanks! Works fine!!!
    – logvca
    29 mins ago














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With GNU Sed's n-skip-m notation:



$ sed '2~2d' file.txt

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





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With GNU Sed's n-skip-m notation:



$ sed '2~2d' file.txt

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453






share|improve this answer














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  • Thanks! Works fine!!!
    – logvca
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  • Thanks! Works fine!!!
    – logvca
    29 mins ago
















Thanks! Works fine!!!
– logvca
29 mins ago




Thanks! Works fine!!!
– logvca
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You can't really beat sed for this sort of thing, but here are some other options:



$ awk 'NR%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737



$ perl -ne 'print if $.%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'print unless $.%2' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'not $.%2 && print' file

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





share|improve this answer























  • Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
    – Stephen Harris
    1 min ago
















2














You can't really beat sed for this sort of thing, but here are some other options:



$ awk 'NR%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737



$ perl -ne 'print if $.%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'print unless $.%2' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'not $.%2 && print' file

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





share|improve this answer























  • Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
    – Stephen Harris
    1 min ago














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2






You can't really beat sed for this sort of thing, but here are some other options:



$ awk 'NR%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737



$ perl -ne 'print if $.%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'print unless $.%2' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'not $.%2 && print' file

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453





share|improve this answer














You can't really beat sed for this sort of thing, but here are some other options:



$ awk 'NR%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737



$ perl -ne 'print if $.%2==0' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'print unless $.%2' file

88065952

89536251

89826424

90672109

92438737

$ perl -ne 'not $.%2 && print' file

86850343

89381968

89714939

90124775

91408453






share|improve this answer














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  • Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
    – Stephen Harris
    1 min ago


















  • Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
    – Stephen Harris
    1 min ago
















Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
– Stephen Harris
1 min ago




Heh, the first 3 of those give incorrect output based on the question; the fourth gives the right result :-)
– Stephen Harris
1 min ago










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