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# 1  
Old 06-30-2009
Remove field starting with * and #
Hi

i have file with data:

abc,*xyz,#abc
123,#123,1234
*123,#123,abc


So i want to remove only fields starting with * and # and i want output as:

abc,,
123,,1234
,,abc

Please suggest something

Thanks
Sumit
# 2  
Old 06-30-2009
next time, show what you tried.
Code:
awk -F"," '{
 for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){
    if($i ~ /\#|\*/){
        $i=""    
    }
 }
}1
' OFS="," file

# 3  
Old 07-01-2009
code not working
i use dthe abov/e code but it is not working..

The entire row is getting blanks
so my output is 3 blank rows..

Pls suggest sumthing that can take care of this.
# 4  
Old 07-01-2009
It works fine..

Code:
awk -F"," '{
>  for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){
>     if($i ~ /\#|\*/){
>         $i=""
>     }
>  }
> }1
> ' OFS="," file1
abc,,
123,,1234
,,abc

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