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# 8  
Old 09-12-2012
There are a plenty ways to do it indeed. This one using awk:
Code:
:%!awk '{$2=""}1'

# 9  
Old 09-27-2012
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Originally Posted by jlliagre
There are a plenty ways to do it indeed. This one using awk:
Code:
:%!awk '{$2=""}1'

where I have to write that command. within vi or in terminal?
# 10  
Old 09-27-2012
That's under vi as the colon prefix shows.
 
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