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# 1  
Old 09-17-2011
delete delimiter
Hi All,

I wanted to replace | to space from 3rd occurence onwards:
I Used below:

Code:
echo "a|b|c|d|e" |sed 's/\|/ /3/g'
Got output:
a|b|c d|e

Code:
expecting Output:
a|b|c d e

# 2  
Old 09-17-2011
Code:
echo "a|b|c|d|e" |sed 's/|/ /3g'

--ahamed
# 3  
Old 09-17-2011
Ahamed,

getting output as below
a b c d e
Code:
expecting Output:
a|b|c d e

# 4  
Old 09-17-2011
I am getting it correctly

Code:
root@bt:/tmp# echo "a|b|c|d|e" |sed 's/|/ /3g'
a|b|c d e

Please check if you missed the 3

--ahamed
# 5  
Old 09-17-2011
Code:
echo "a|b|c|d|e" |sed 's/|/ /3g'
a b c d e

this is in HP-UX
# 6  
Old 09-17-2011
Using awk... ugly though!
Code:
echo "a|b|c|d|e" | awk -F"|" '{ for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){_1=(i<3)?"|":OFS; printf $i _1} }'

--ahamed

---------- Post updated at 12:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:03 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jairaj
Code:
echo "a|b|c|d|e" |sed 's/|/ /3g'
a b c d e

this is in HP-UX
thats weird! Smilie

--ahamed
# 7  
Old 09-17-2011
Thanks Ahamed.
Awk command is working.
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