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Old 04-02-2008
find and replace

hi,
i have a data in a file like below:
100 8388kmn844., 8488
200 8398kmn894., 8398

i want replace from kmn to . as null.
output should be

100 8388, 8488
200 8398, 8398

Plz help.
Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 04-02-2008
Hi Javeed,

You can use sed to achieve your result.

Code:
sed 's/k.*\.//g' inp.txt

Regards,
Chella
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