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# 1  
Old 02-13-2014
Help with replace all the content within ()

Hi,

Below is my input file :
Code:
AAAG(12) TC(14)
AACCCT(66) AACCCT(30) AACCCT(18) AACCCT(48)
TCTG(12) TCTG(20) TCTG(16) AC(12) AC(12) TCTG(16) TCTG(12) AC(12) AC(12) AC(12)
AC(26) AC(14)
AGTG(12) AC(24)
AGTG(12) TCC(12)

Desired output :
Code:
AAAG TC
AACCCT AACCCT AACCCT AACCCT
TCTG TCTG TCTG AC AC TCTG TCTG AC AC AC
AC AC
AGTG AC
AGTG TCC

I hope that able to remove whatever inside "()".
Thanks for any advice.
# 2  
Old 02-13-2014
What have you tried?
# 3  
Old 02-13-2014
Try:
Code:
perl -pe 's/\(.*?\)//g' file

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# 4  
Old 02-14-2014
with sed command.

sed -n 's/(..)//gp' file
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Old 02-14-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by 24ajay
sed -n 's/(..)//gp' file
Although this works with the given sample input. The command:
Code:
sed 's/([^)]*)//g' file

comes closer to doing what was requested.
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