How to strip '$' sign on the line


 
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Old 03-30-2011
Zam, in ksh this works just fine:

Code:
echo 'dddd$dddd' | tr "$" " "
dddd dddd

-Stefan
# 9  
Old 03-31-2011
Wow! Great. It does work indeed. Thanks a lot!
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