On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 10:18 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote: > Gilboa Davara wrote: > >Try tr(1), sed(1) and awk(1). > > > >To replace a single line (or part of it): > >cat file.txt | sed 's/old_line/new_line/g' > newfile.txt > > > >Gilboa > > > > > > > nano is an easy and quick editor. The commands are simple, ^o to write > out and ^x to quit. The program is installed by default. > > Jim > > -- The OP said: "Is there some quick way of editing a specific line of a text file **without** using a text editor?" I believe nano qualifies as a text editor, am I wrong? ;) Gilboa
