On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 08:06:28PM -0500, bruce wrote: > Hey guys. > > Thanks for the delete replies.. > > Got a quick sed question now.. > > test file:: > head -2 sed.dat > 228d98f0_f16a_11e6_9544_1ad613f05f7b,1486934882 > 22b93712_f16a_11e6_a6ad_1ad613f05f7b,1486934883 > > want to simply truncate/search/replace the end of each line starting > with the "," > to get > > 228d98f0_f16a_11e6_9544_1ad613f05f7b > 22b93712_f16a_11e6_a6ad_1ad613f05f7b > > the following isn't working > sed -i 's/\,+\$//' sed.dat > > sed -i 's/\,+$//' sed.dat > > I'm sure it's simple/trivial...
I'm far from a sed expert, but were I doing that I'd start with this, and move on from there as required: 's/,.*$//' which is: comma followed by zero or more of anything, followed by end of line. I think your expression says: one or more commas, followed by end of line. Fred -- ---- Fred Smith -- [email protected] ----------------------------- The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) ----------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
