Can't delete with sed

Question

I have this text in /etc/bash.bashrc:

alias dwa='bash /opt/dwa.sh'

I tried to delete it with the following (and similar commands):

sed -i 'alias dwa=\'bash /opt/dwa.sh\'/d' /etc/bash.bashrc

Why did my sed operation fail?

You can't escape anything in single quotes. – n.caillou Dec 01 '17 at 20:28 — n.caillou, Dec 01 '17 at 20:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '17 at 20:34

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Why search and replace when you can delete?

sed --in-place '/^alias dwa=/d' /path/to/file

answered Dec 01 '17 at 20:34

DopeGhoti

score -2 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 06 '18 at 20:09

-2

awk '!/alias dwa/{print $0}' filename

edited Jan 06 '18 at 20:09

grg

answered Dec 01 '17 at 20:30

Praveen Kumar BS

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That's not editing in place, and the `{print $0}` is wholly unnecessary – n.caillou Dec 01 '17 at 20:50

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