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Old 01-24-2013
Ubuntu sed command for removing symbols
Hi I am trying to remove all the symbols in a file (testfile1) and using the below command to do that. Its not working for me. Can you help me on what is wrong with below script?
I want to retain only alphabets in a file and remove all the symbols like *:.+= etc
sed 's/^[a-zA-Z].//g' testfile1 > testfile2
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Old 01-24-2013
Code:
 $ echo "abc123+-*&^%#@\!)(" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z]//g'
abc

# 3  
Old 01-24-2013
Ubuntu
Quote:
Originally Posted by itkamaraj
Code:
 $ echo "abc123+-*&^%#@\!)(" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z]//g'
abc


I wanted it to be generic. Meaning to remove all the symbols.
I was able to figure it out with the below script
sed 's/[^a-zA-Z]//g' testfile1 > testfile2

But the above command removes the space also. Smilie Is there any way where I can skip alphabets as well as space?
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Old 01-24-2013
give space

Code:
sed 's/[^a-zA-Z ]//g'

# 5  
Old 01-24-2013
Ubuntu
Quote:
Originally Posted by itkamaraj
give space

Code:
sed 's/[^a-zA-Z ]//g'

Great! This worked. Thanks a lot Smilie
 
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