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05-13-2014

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Need command to replace empty using sed/awk

Hi,

In a file we have the following data like as below

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  abcdef="cfg-1-15"
  bmmdda-g-45-2
  yhdiao"rtg-1-df-34"

I need a sed/awk command to replace the above string with empty.

Thx,

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provide the expected output from the given input
also, in sed, you can replace sat 'abc' with empty,

Code:

sed 's/abc//g' file

---------- Post updated at 06:07 AM ---------- Previous update was at 06:06 AM ----------

Code:

awk '{gsub("abc", X)}1' file

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