in reply to Save all but line 32!
Here is another way: perl -i -pe '$_=$}if$.==32' file
Update: To handle multiple files it needs to be a little longer: perl -i -pe '$_=$}if$.==32;$.=$[if+eof' file1 file2 ...
But this is probably the cleanest way: awk 'FNR != 32' file1 file2 ...
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