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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Search a pattern in a line and remove another pattern Post 302837391 by rveri on Thursday 25th of July 2013 04:13:07 PM
Old 07-25-2013
Jotne,
Thanks , understood the reqiurement now.

I tried your codes, looks like not working for me: not removing signs ( + - ) .os:hp-ux


Code:
$ awk '/F/{NF-=1}1' file
0.000000 1.970000 F 303 -
1.970000 2.080000 VH VH +
2.080000 2.250000 VH VH +
2.250000 2.330000 VH L -
2.330000 2.360000 F H +
2.360000 2.410000 L VL -
2.410000 2.450000 F 312 +

Code:
$ awk '$3~"F"{NF-=1}1' file
0.000000 1.970000 F 303 -
1.970000 2.080000 VH VH +
2.080000 2.250000 VH VH +
2.250000 2.330000 VH L -
2.330000 2.360000 F H +
2.360000 2.410000 L VL -
2.410000 2.450000 F 312 +

 

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fc-pattern

FC-PATTERN(1)															     FC-PATTERN(1)

NAME

       fc-pattern - parse and show pattern

SYNOPSIS

       fc-pattern [ -cdVh ]  [ --config ]  [ --default ]  [  [ -f format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]

	[ pattern  [ element... ]   ]

DESCRIPTION

       fc-pattern  parses  pattern (empty pattern by default) and shows the parsed result.  If --config is given, config substitution is performed
       on the pattern before being displayed.  If --default is given, default substitution is performed on the pattern before being displayed.

       If any elements are specified, only those are printed.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is  included
       below.

       -c     Perform config substitution on pattern.

       -d     Perform default substitution on pattern.

       -f     Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       pattern
	      Parses and displays pattern (uses empty pattern by default).

       element
	      If set, the element property is displayed for parsed pattern.

SEE ALSO

       FcNameParse(3)  FcConfigSubstitute(3)  FcDefaultSubstitute(3)  FcPatternPrint(3)  FcPatternFormat(3)  fc-cat(1)	fc-cache(1) fc-list(1) fc-
       match(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was updated by Behdad Esfahbod <behdad@behdad.org>.

								   Apr 20, 2010 						     FC-PATTERN(1)
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