cat textfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//g'

:-)

jeremyb.

> From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2002/04/05 Fri PM 04:39:28 GMT+12:00
> To: CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: parsing
> 
> I have  a string like postfix/smtpd[25532]: I want to cut it off at the
> [ so I end up with postfix/smtpd 
> 
> how do i do it?
> -- 
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 


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