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Old 09-17-2006
Strip all non-alphanumerics
Hi,
Can someone let me know how do I strip out any non-alphanumeric character in string tomake it alphanumeric?

i.e
abc def ghi ->abcdefghi
abc-def-ghi ->abcdefghi
abc#def-ghi->abcdefghi


Thanks in advance
Last edited by rbatte1; 06-27-2016 at 05:46 AM..
# 2  
Old 09-17-2006
Code:
echo 'abc#def-ghi' | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]//g'

# 3  
Old 09-17-2006
Thanks a lot !!
# 4  
Old 09-17-2006
tr also
Code:
echo 'abc#def-ghi' | tr -cd [:alnum:]

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