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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script to edit a text file Post 302818167 by Jotne on Friday 7th of June 2013 04:27:00 AM
Old 06-07-2013
With awk
Code:
awk '{gsub(/[0-9]*:/,"");gsub(/\.[0-9]*/,"")}1'

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dwtcstextgeteditable

DwtCSTextGetEditable(3Dwt)												DwtCSTextGetEditable(3Dwt)

Name
       DwtCSTextGetEditable  - Obtains the current edit permission state indicating whether the user can edit the text in the compound-string text
       widget.

Syntax
       Boolean DwtCSTextGetEditable(widget)
	    Widget widget;

Arguments
       widget	 Specifies the ID of the compound-string text widget.

Description
       The DwtCSTextGetEditable function returns the current edit-permission-state, which indicates whether the user can edit the text in the com-
       pound-string  text  widget.   If  the  function	returns True, the user can edit the string text in the compound-string text widget.  If it
       returns False, the user cannot edit the text.

Return Values
       Specifies a boolean value that, when True, indicates the user can edit the text in the compound string text widget.  When False,  the  user
       cannot edit the text.

See Also
       DwtCSText(3Dwt),  DwtCSTextCreate(3Dwt), DwtCSTextReplace(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetString(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetEditable(3Dwt), DwtCSTextGet-
       MaxLength(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetMaxLength(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetSelection(3Dwt), DwtCSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit: C Language Binding
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit Intrinsics: C Language Binding

															DwtCSTextGetEditable(3Dwt)
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