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Old 10-04-2010
Remove leading zeroes in 2nd field using sed

Hi Forum.

I tried searching the forum but couldn't find a solution for my question.

I have the following data and would like to have a sed syntax to remove the leading zeroes from the 2nd field only:

Before:
Code:
2010-01-01|123|1|1000|2000|500|1500|600|700
2010-01-01|0456|1|1000|2000|500|1500|600|700


After:
Code:
2010-01-01|123|1|1000|2000|500|1500|600|700
2010-01-01|456|1|1000|2000|500|1500|600|700

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Last edited by Scott; 10-04-2010 at 01:36 PM.. Reason: Before: No code tags; After: code tags
 

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DESCRIPTION
The following commands return a true value (exit code 0) if the a processor type matches the command name. Otherwise a false value (exit code nonzero) is returned. These commands are commonly used within makefiles and shell procedures to improve portability of applications (see make(1)). +-----------+-------------------------++--------+--------------------------+ |Command | True for ||Command | True for | +-----------+-------------------------++--------+--------------------------+ |hp9000s200 | Series 200 ||pdp11 | PDP-11/45 or PDP-11/70 | |hp9000s300 | Series 300 ||u3b | 3B20 computer | |hp9000s400 | Series 400 ||u3b2 | 3B2 computer | |hp9000s500 | Series 500 ||u3b5 | 3B5 computer | |hp9000s700 | Series 700 ||u3b10 | 3B10 computer | |hp9000s800 | Series 800 or 700 ||u370 | IBM System/370 computer | |hp-mc680x0 | Series 200, 300, or 400 ||vax | VAX-11/750 or VAX-11/780 | |hp-pa | Series 700 or 800 || | | +-----------+-------------------------++--------+--------------------------+ EXAMPLES
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