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Old 09-10-2009
Remove particular word from file

Hi All,

If my file is:

Code:
Wed Sep  9 22:45:14 EDT 2009

sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> 
This is log file generated from transfer...
sftp> sftp> sftp> sftp> Files placed properly....
sftp> sftp> sftp>

How can I remove "sftp>" word from this file? Location of this word may vary...
# 2  
Old 09-10-2009
Code:
perl -i -ple 's/sftp>//g' yourfile

# 3  
Old 09-10-2009
I have a shell script in which I have to use the code
# 4  
Old 09-10-2009
you can use the above code in your script.
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Old 09-10-2009
Code:
sed -i 's/sftp>//g' yourfile

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