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Old 07-16-2014
sed command to replace two character pattern with another pattern
Not able to paste my content. Please see the attachment :-(
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Old 07-16-2014
Why do you have quotes on the asterisk?

Try
Code:
sed 's/, *;/;/g'

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thanks :-) its working.. not able to copy paste again. hence attaching file. The page just expires if i copy paste something :-(
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