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Date:      Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:37:13 +0100
From:      "Benjamin M. A'Lee" <bma+lists@subvert.org.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: help in deletion part of a line
Message-ID:  <20071023023713.GC9711@gilmour.subvert.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20071022224140.GA7786@thought.org>
References:  <20071022224140.GA7786@thought.org>

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On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:41:40PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
>=20
> 	Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings=20
> 	(caight by grep) of the sort:
>=20
> 	part5.chapter2.text-
>=20
> 	where "5" and "2" can be any integer below 10?
>=20
> 	(I know how to delete the *entire* line using ed, but not just
> 	the first part?

gilmour% echo testpart5.chapter2.text-test | sed 's/part[0-9].chapter[0-9]\=
=2Etext-//g'    =20
testtest

Modify as necessary.

--=20
Benjamin A'Lee <bma@subvert.org.uk>
http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/
"The right to search for truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal
any part of what one has recognized to be true." - Albert Einstein

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