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# 1  
Old 11-18-2009
Remove first column from file

Hi,

This is how data in test.txt file
| |abc|zxcv|xy12|
| |cvs|zzvc|a23p|

How can remove first column.
abc|zxcv|xy12|
cvs|zzvc|a23p|

Thanks
srimitta
# 2  
Old 11-18-2009
One way:

Code:
sed 's/^| |//' file > newfile

# 3  
Old 11-18-2009
Code:
sed 's/^| |//' infile

# 4  
Old 11-18-2009
Perfect it's working.

Thanks
srimitta
# 5  
Old 11-18-2009
Code:
cat test.txt |cut -f3,4,5,6 -d'|'



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How can this be achieved using awk?
# 6  
Old 11-18-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by proactiveaditya

How can this be achieved using awk?
Code:
awk '{sub(/\| \|/,"")}1' infile

Code:
awk -F'\| \|' '{print $2}' infile

Code:
awk -F'\| \|' '{$0=$2}1' infile

# 7  
Old 11-18-2009
Thanks,

Code:
cat test.txt |awk '{sub(/\| \|/,"")}1'

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