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# 1  
Old 09-18-2011
Help with remove backticks in a text file
Input file:
Code:
'data_1'
'data_10'
'data1311'
'235data_13'

Desired output:
Code:


Code:



data_1
data_10
data1311
235data_13






Can I know how to remove back tick"'" in a file?
Many thanks for advice.

# 2  
Old 09-18-2011
Hi.

Those are not "backticks". They are single quotes. ` v. '

Code:
$ sed "s/'//g" file
data_1
data_10
data1311
235data_13

# 3  
Old 09-18-2011
Try this:

Code:
tr -d "'"  <file

---------- Post updated at 08:51 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:40 AM ----------

Hi Scottn,

Previously, I tried using sed but with single quote , it was not giving result. But with double quotes it is working.

Code:
sed 's/'//g' file

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# 4  
Old 09-18-2011
Single quotes prevent the shell from evaluating pretty much everything - including other single quotes.

In much the same way that it's easier (in some cases only possible) to replace / in a string by not using / as a delimiter, so the same is true of ' (easier not to use it). Not to say that you can't use it:
Code:
$ sed 's/'\''//g' file    
data_1
data_10
data1311
235data_13

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