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Old 01-26-2011
find regex and remove #
hi ,

how do i remove # from a line where i found regex..

don't need to remove all the line.. only remove comment..
# 2  
Old 01-26-2011
You mean remove from the "#" to the end of line ?
Code:
 sed -e 's/#.*$//g'

# 3  
Old 01-27-2011
You want to remove the '#' character on lines that match a certain condition?
Code:
sed -e 's/#\?\(.*<your-regex-here>\)/\1/'

# 4  
Old 01-27-2011
edit your file with VI:

Code:
 
:1,$s/#regex/regex/g

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