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Old 11-11-2010
change expression
Change every line that starts with T....* to T
And remove everu line that has more than 3 dots any where in the line

Input

Code:
>853_10_97_F3
T.....023..2.10..120.3.2010.031...2.1.30.22001..00.
>853_10_111_F3
T.....113....33..003.0.010..100...2.0..2.03002..02.
>853_10_157_F3
T.....230..2.00..330.2.1313.231..3.1.10.02031..10.
>853_10_157_F3
T.230..2.00..330.2.1313.231..3.1.10.02031..10.

output

Code:
>853_10_157_F3
T230..2.00..330.2.1313.231..3.1.10.02031..10.
>853_10_157_F3
T230..2.00..330.2.1313.231..3.1.10.02031..10.

# 2  
Old 11-11-2010
Try:
Code:
sed 'N;s/T\.\.*/T/;/\.\.\./d' infile

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