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# 1  
Old 10-03-2011
remove words
All,

I have a file with below entries.

HTML Code:
/java/usr/abc/123
/java/usr/xyz/123_21
/java/usr/ab12/345/234
.........
.........
And I need entry as

HTML Code:
/java/usr/abc/config
/java/usr/xyz/config
/java/usr/ab12/config
.........
.........
Actually, I need to remove all other entries after three words, means

/java/usr/ab12/345/234/.../..../.... to /java/usr/ab12/


Please suggest me.
# 2  
Old 10-03-2011
Code:
$ awk -F/ '{print "/"$2"/"$3"/"$4"/config"}' infile
/java/usr/abc/config
/java/usr/xyz/config
/java/usr/ab12/config

---------- Post updated at 05:21 PM ---------- Previous update was at 05:16 PM ----------

one more ..
Code:
$ cut -d"/" -f2-4 < infile | awk '{print "/"$0"/config"}'

This User Gave Thanks to jayan_jay For This Post:
anshu ranjan
# 3  
Old 10-12-2011
Thanks a lot Jayan ..!!
it worked perfectly fine Smilie
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