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# 8  
Old 12-06-2016
A perl approach if useful:

Code:
cat file
test-test
test-test-test
test-test-test-test-test
good-for-nothing

perl -ne "print unless /-.*-/" file
test-test

# 9  
Old 12-06-2016
Many thanks. One more useful addition
# 10  
Old 12-06-2016
glad it helped,always good to hear and helps as i learn more Smilie
# 11  
Old 12-07-2016
That works like grep -ve '-.*-' doesn't it.
Last edited by rbatte1; 12-08-2016 at 06:54 AM.. Reason: Changed CODE tags to ICODE tags
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# 12  
Old 12-07-2016
I believe that work work as well. Thank you Smilie.
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