Removing a character using sed

Raynon · #1 (**permalink**) 01-23-2007

Hi,

I have a file with the text below. How do i remove the character "%" from the text file using sed ? Can anybody help ?

0%
68%
72%
0%
54%
33%
75%
24%
6%
59%
77%
77%
33%

Mark Thomas · #2 (**permalink**) 01-23-2007

Code:

sed 's/%//' file > newfile

ghostdog74 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-23-2007

basically, its just something like this

Code:

echo "68%" | sed "s/%$//" #assume % is always at the end.

Raynon · #4 (**permalink**) 01-23-2007

You guys are great! It works !Thanks a million

growler360 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007

What if you could possibly have more than one % character at the end of the string? What command would you use then to ensure that there were no % chars at the end?

I ask b/c I want to take a directory path that a user passes me, and if there are any / chars at the end, I want to delete them all.

thanks to all for any help...

robotronic · #6 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007

Quote:

What if you could possibly have more than one % character at the end of the string? What command would you use then to ensure that there were no % chars at the end?

Code:

echo "82%%%" | sed 's/%*$//'

Quote:

I ask b/c I want to take a directory path that a user passes me, and if there are any / chars at the end, I want to delete them all.

Code:

echo "/this/is/my/path////" | sed 's!/*$!!'

JDkrishna80 · #7 (**permalink**) 11-21-2008

How can remove string contains / in a file
for example my input like
<dgjfgjdgfjsdg/kdfhgdhgjkhdfjkg/jkdfjhdk/kjfdhgkdjh=kjfh:"dfjgdjfg"><dfjvgdjgvdjgfvjdgfjgdjfgjkdg><jdfgvjdgfjgbdjfgbj>

i would like to remove

<dgjfgjdgfjsdg/kdfhgdhgjkhdfjkg/jkdfjhdk/kjfdhgkdjh=kjfh:"dfjgdjfg">

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