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]> > >