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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting improve performance - replace $\| with $#@ and remove header and trailer records Post 302454221 by cfajohnson on Friday 17th of September 2010 11:35:26 AM
Old 09-17-2010

You are unlikely to find anything faster than sed.
Code:
sed -e '1d' -e '$d' -e 's/$\\|/$#@/g' "$file"

 

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