On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 03:37:13AM +0100, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote:
> 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.
>
Thanks. I was able to get rid of things likie -567-[text] from
^, but the part[1-5]. --- OH::: I didn't escape the "."
Duh::: hit myself in the forehead! ... slinking away... .
gary
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