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Old 02-08-2008
Removing columns of a file using vi Editor
Hi Experts,

I have a file which looks like in this way
1 2233|A.K Shukla |G.M |Sales |12/12/52|6000
2 9876|Jai Sharma |Director |Production |12/03/50|67000
3 5678|Sumit Chakarborty |D.G.M |Marketing |19/04/43|6000
4 2365|Barun Sengupta |Director |Personnel |11/05/47|7800
5 5423|N.K. Gupta |Chairman |Admin |30/08/56|5400
6 1006|Chanchal Singhvi |Director |Sales |03/09/38|67000
7 6213|Karuna Ganguly |G.M |Accounts |05/06/62|6300
8 1265|S.N. Sengupta |Manager |Sales |12/09/63|5600
9 4290|Jayant Choudhury |Executive |Production |07/09/50|6000
10 2476|Anil Aggarwal |Manager |Sales |01/05/59|5000
11 6521|Lalit Choudhuwdury |Director |Marketing |26/09/45|8200
12 3212|Shyam Saksena |D.G.M |Accounts |12/12/55|6000
13 3564|Sudhir Agarwal |Executive |Personnel |06/07/47|7500
14 2345|J.B Saxena |G.M |Marketing |12/03/45|8000
15 0110|V.K Agrawal |G.M |Marketing |31/12/40|8900

I want to delete the 1st column using vi editor.

How can i do that?

Kindly suggest me

Thanks in Advance
Dilip
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Old 02-08-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by DilipPanda
Hi Experts,

I have a file which looks like in this way
1 2233|A.K Shukla |G.M |Sales |12/12/52|6000
2 9876|Jai Sharma |Director |Production |12/03/50|67000
3 5678|Sumit Chakarborty |D.G.M |Marketing |19/04/43|6000
4 2365|Barun Sengupta |Director |Personnel |11/05/47|7800
5 5423|N.K. Gupta |Chairman |Admin |30/08/56|5400
6 1006|Chanchal Singhvi |Director |Sales |03/09/38|67000
7 6213|Karuna Ganguly |G.M |Accounts |05/06/62|6300
8 1265|S.N. Sengupta |Manager |Sales |12/09/63|5600
9 4290|Jayant Choudhury |Executive |Production |07/09/50|6000
10 2476|Anil Aggarwal |Manager |Sales |01/05/59|5000
11 6521|Lalit Choudhuwdury |Director |Marketing |26/09/45|8200
12 3212|Shyam Saksena |D.G.M |Accounts |12/12/55|6000
13 3564|Sudhir Agarwal |Executive |Personnel |06/07/47|7500
14 2345|J.B Saxena |G.M |Marketing |12/03/45|8000
15 0110|V.K Agrawal |G.M |Marketing |31/12/40|8900

I want to delete the 1st column using vi editor.

How can i do that?

Kindly suggest me

Thanks in Advance
Dilip
In your vi editor issue the following
Code:
:%s/^[^ ]* //g

# 3  
Old 02-08-2008
if columns are '|' separated:
Code:
:%s/^[^|]*|//

Last edited by vgersh99; 02-08-2008 at 06:15 AM..
 
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