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nice; or to be more specific with the pattern matching, sed '2,${/^ID Data1 Data2$/d;}' file (using the right number of spaces between the columns, of course)

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2016-01-26 19:08:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 19:08
Hm I thought you could omit the semicolon for only 1 command, but ok.

bkmoney
– bkmoney

2016-01-26 19:09:56 +00:00
Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 19:09
Not w/ sane seds, no.

mikeserv
– mikeserv

2016-01-26 19:35:30 +00:00
Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 19:35
aaaand -i for the in-place edit win.

user2066657
– user2066657

2016-01-26 22:28:45 +00:00
Commented Jan 26, 2016 at 22:28
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Or sed '1!{/ID/d;}'

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2016-01-27 13:01:00 +00:00
Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 13:01

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