Thread: how to delete entry in a txt file?

Originally posted by Salem
You copy to a temp file all the lines you want to keep.
You then delete the original, and rename the temp file

wouldn't that be slow if the file is considerably big?
How would you do it to make it faster ?

Mmm, I wonder who can spot the non-obvious 'bug' in laasunde's answer.

oh.. you mean the "/" to "\" ? I don't know if that would make a difference though... hmm