How can I use a file in a command and redirect output to the same file without truncating it?

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Use sponge for this kind of tasks. Its part of moreutils.

Try this command:

 grep -v 'seg[0-9]\{1,\}\.[0-9]\{1\}' file_name | sponge file_name

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