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

Question

Basically I want to take as input text from a file, remove a line from that file, and send the output back to the same file. Something along these lines if that makes it any

Answer 1

Try this

echo -e "AAA\nBBB\nCCC" > testfile

cat testfile
AAA
BBB
CCC

echo "$(grep -v 'AAA' testfile)" > testfile
cat testfile
BBB
CCC