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Old 01-09-2011
Question Remove all words after first space from each line

My file looks like:
Code:
asd absjdd
   

sdff vczxs
wedssx  c

dasx ccc

I need to keep
Code:
asd
sdff
wedssx
dasx

How do I do that experts?SmilieSmilie
# 2  
Old 01-09-2011
There are many ways:
Code:
awk '{print $1; }'

or
Code:
cut -d' ' -f1

or
Code:
sed -e 's/ .*$//'

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