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# 1  
Old 01-23-2007
Removing a character using sed
Hi,

I have a file with the text below. How do i remove the character "%" from the text file using sed ? Can anybody help ?

0%
68%
72%
0%
54%
33%
75%
24%
6%
59%
77%
77%
33%
# 2  
Old 01-23-2007
Code:
sed 's/%//' file > newfile

# 3  
Old 01-23-2007
basically, its just something like this
Code:
echo "68%" | sed "s/%$//" #assume % is always at the end.

# 4  
Old 01-23-2007
You guys are great! It works !Thanks a million
# 5  
Old 09-17-2007
What if you could possibly have more than one % character at the end of the string? What command would you use then to ensure that there were no % chars at the end?

I ask b/c I want to take a directory path that a user passes me, and if there are any / chars at the end, I want to delete them all.


thanks to all for any help...
# 6  
Old 09-17-2007
Quote:
What if you could possibly have more than one % character at the end of the string? What command would you use then to ensure that there were no % chars at the end?
Code:
echo "82%%%" | sed 's/%*$//'

Quote:
I ask b/c I want to take a directory path that a user passes me, and if there are any / chars at the end, I want to delete them all.
Code:
echo "/this/is/my/path////" | sed 's!/*$!!'

# 7  
Old 11-21-2008
remove string contains /
How can remove string contains / in a file
for example my input like
Code:
<dgjfgjdgfjsdg/kdfhgdhgjkhdfjkg/jkdfjhdk/kjfdhgkdjh=kjfh:"dfjgdjfg"><dfjvgdjgvdjgfvjdgfjgdjfgjkdg><jdfgvjdgfjgbdjfgbj>

i would like to remove

Code:
<dgjfgjdgfjsdg/kdfhgdhgjkhdfjkg/jkdfjhdk/kjfdhgkdjh=kjfh:"dfjgdjfg">

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