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Old 05-09-2012
Delete " in my file
Hi, all I need to do is delete " from my file. Normally I would open this file and just delete it using the replace function but this file is massive and crashes my computer every time I open it.

So an example of my file looks like this (tab separated)

Code:
"joe" "jack" "bob"

and I want it to look like this

Code:
joe jack bob

Thanks
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Old 05-09-2012
Code:
sed -e 's/\"//g' filename > newfile

or for inline editing:
Code:
sed -i -e  's/\"//g' filename

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Old 05-09-2012
what about the tr command
Code:
tr -d '"'

should delete the " character
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