How to remove text in each line after hyphen?


 
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while read line
do 
  echo "${line%-*}"
done < infile

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NAME
binfmtasm-interpreter - binfmt_misc Assembly handler SYNOPSIS
binfmtasm-interpreter Assembly-source-file-name [command-line opions ...] DESCRIPTION
binfmtasm-interpreter compiles an assembly source file specified on the command-line using gas compiler, and executes the resulting file. It is designed to be used as a handler for binfmt_misc handler, which is a system used in Linux for handling arbitrary files as executa- bles. The command-line options are passed on to the compiled binary. FILE MAGIC
There is a requirement for C++ source files to have the magic characters /*BINFMTASMCPP: at the beginning of the file. That line also is used to specify the additional command-line options for the assmebler. ENVIRONMENT
GAS The compiler used. The default is to use gcc AS The compiler used, if GAS variable is not set. Will fall back to using GCC and CC BINFMTCTMPDIR Temporary directory used for binary and execution. Falls back to $TMPDIR $TEMPDIR or /tmp BINFMTC_DEBUG enables debug output if set. BINFMTASM_GAS_OPTS Additional G++ options. Use BINFMTC_DEBUG to verify the options being passed on to g++. The default is -O2 -Wall AUTHOR
Junichi Uekawa (dancer@debian.org) Upstream page is available at http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/software/ SEE ALSO
binfmtc-interpreter(1), binfmtcxx-interpreter(1), binfmtf-interpreter(1), binfmtf95-interpreter(1), binfmtgcj-interpreter(1) binfmt_misc Dancer 2005 May 3 binfmtasm(1)