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Old 02-16-2007
prkfriryce prkfriryce is offline
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basic cat replace string
trying to exclude hostnames ending in "s" from a host file:

Code:
# cat hosts
ssef
ssefd
ssefsfff
ssefsfs
# for x in `cat hosts`; do echo "${x/*s}" ;done
ef
efd
fff

#

How can I echo/or not echo only 'ssefsfs' ??

thanks
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