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Old 07-03-2012
Merge Last Word to Another File
Hi,

Im a newbie to scripting. I have a file that looks like the one below. How can i change the last "/" to become a space.

Thank You so Much for the help. Smilie

hostname date Feb-9 /u100/DEVCO/Patching/a.log
hostname date Jun-25 /u100/DEVCO/DumpCleaner/a.log
hostname date Jun-25 /u100/DEVCO/DumpCleaner/sample/a.log
hostname date Jun-25 /u100/DEVCO/DumpCleaner/sample/b.log
hostname date Jun-25 /u100/DEVCO/DumpCleaner/Recycle/a.log
hostname date Jun-25 /u100/DEVCO/DumpCleaner/Recycle/b.log
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Old 07-03-2012
Code:
sed 's#/\([^/]*\)$# \1#'

Regards,
Alister
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Old 07-03-2012
Thank You so much! Smilie
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