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Old 01-07-2009
Question using sed seach replace
Need help on using sed .. search for pattern then delete that occurance
globally ..

ex.

<ad-number>1002877553-01</ad-number>
<start-date>01/07/2009</start-date>
<end-date>01/07/2009</end-date>
<eps-file>c:\adpay\100298452.eps </eps-file>

Want to delete this expression ---> c:\adpay\

line should look like

<ad-number>1002877553-01</ad-number>
<start-date>01/07/2009</start-date>
<end-date>01/07/2009</end-date>
<eps-file>100298452.eps </eps-file>


thanks,

art
# 2  
Old 01-07-2009
Code:
sed 's/c:\\adpay\\//' FILE

# 3  
Old 01-08-2009
Thats a winner ... thanks
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