Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:37:13 +0100 From: "Benjamin M. A'Lee" <bma+lists@subvert.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help in deletion part of a line Message-ID: <20071023023713.GC9711@gilmour.subvert.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20071022224140.GA7786@thought.org> References: <20071022224140.GA7786@thought.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:41:40PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings > (caight by grep) of the sort: > > part5.chapter2.text- > > where "5" and "2" can be any integer below 10? > > (I know how to delete the *entire* line using ed, but not just > the first part? gilmour% echo testpart5.chapter2.text-test | sed 's/part[0-9].chapter[0-9]\.text-//g' testtest Modify as necessary. -- Benjamin A'Lee <bma@subvert.org.uk> http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ "The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be true." - Albert Einstein [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHHV5YEUZDNrttL6ARAqbEAJ4uTjEaADOQxKHzc5UdBdO1yP7WWgCfWeJn 5N4R3um3DMVYj8mRlRFGUGU= =/BYv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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