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Old 12-09-2005
Sed help to delete everything prior to WORD

How would I delete everything on a line in a file prior to a specific word?
In other words, I have a file that contains the word SEARCH on various lines and would like to delete everything prior to SEARCH on all lines. Thanks for that help
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Old 12-09-2005
sed 's/.*\(SEARCH\)/1/'
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Old 12-09-2005
Perfect, Thank you for the help.
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