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Old 09-06-2011
Find and Remove
I am trying to get multiple strings removed or replaced with space in a file, for individual strings I have been using the following and it works
Code:
sed -e 's/#*#*//g' test_1.dat > test_2.dat

what needs to be done if multiple strings are to be removed?


For example I will need to remove the following strings
1. #*#*
2. *#*#
3. !!@!#
4. &*(%(


Rather than have 4 different commands to do this, I would like to get the result in one command. The reason why I have to have it done in one line is because the above command will be used to replace a set of strings from over 200 files; I am planning to create a generic script that will have the set of strings to be removed or replaced.




Thanks.
Last edited by Franklin52; 09-07-2011 at 03:30 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 09-06-2011
Hi,
Try this,
Code:
sed -e 's/[*@#!]*//g'

Cheers,
Ranga:-)
Last edited by Franklin52; 09-07-2011 at 03:31 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 3  
Old 09-06-2011
1. #*#*
2. *#*#
3. !!@!#
4. &*(%(

what does the "*" in your strings mean?
it means "*" itself?
or has the meaning of "*" in RegularExpression context?
or indicating a wild cast (any characters)?
# 4  
Old 09-06-2011
Thanks @ rangarasan it did work.

used
Code:
sed -e 's/[#*#*]*[*#*#]*[!!@!#]*[&*(%(] //g' test_1.dat > test_2.dat

@ sk1418
the "*" in the string provided is "*" and not wild cast.

Thanks.
Last edited by Franklin52; 09-07-2011 at 03:31 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
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