how to cut lines from file and move to new file in linux

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I am looking for something some simple command to cut few lines from file1 and past in file2.

I can see few blogs to copy but don't see anything how to cut them. Any help would be great.

Eg: File1: Move SA & DBA lines to new file(file2)

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There's a cut command https://shapeshed.com/unix-cut/, theres awk... Lots of ways to do it. — Jerinaw, Aug 04 '17 at 17:01
I just want to remove 3 lines from the file. Bash script will help me — peshu, Aug 04 '17 at 21:51

Roberto Gonçalves · Answer 1 · 2017-08-04T23:56:49.553

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Try this:

sed -n begin_line,end_line[p] filename > newfile && sed -i 'begin_line,end_line d' filename

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edited Aug 04 '17 at 23:56

answered Aug 04 '17 at 17:27

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When I tried this, it is copying the lines but it is not deleting from the file1. I want to cut (remove/delete) the lines from file1 and past it in file2. – peshu Aug 04 '17 at 21:12

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