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Old 03-07-2006
delete a special character in file
hi

i want to delete a particular character in file.

example

file name:abcsample

abc=bbbqw3/
hidh=ajjqiwio4/
xyx=hakjp/
........../
......./

i want to delete that special character (/) in abcsample file.please give the required commands for my requirement.

thank you
# 2  
Old 03-07-2006
Code:
tr -d '/' < sample.txt

# 3  
Old 03-07-2006
using awk

awk -F '/' '{print $0}' abcsample
# 4  
Old 03-07-2006
You can open the file in VI and from the command mode type %s/\///g and enter. The special character will be replaced by null char.

The trick is to escape the special character (here done by typing a leading back slash before the special char).
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