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03-13-2012, 12:40 AM	#1
tquang Member Registered: Jul 2010 Posts: 44 Rep:	Cut string with command Please help me. I have string 95.108.155.252.35495 95.108.155.252.35496 95.108.155.252.3565 95.108.155.252.377 96.126.99.7.http 96.126.99.7.http 96.126.99.7.http How can I cut bold string? Thank you.

03-13-2012, 12:52 AM	#2
ruario Senior Member Registered: Jan 2011 Location: Oslo, Norway Distribution: Slackware Posts: 2,557 Rep:	Code: cut -d. -f1-4 yourfile Last edited by ruario; 03-13-2012 at 12:56 AM. Reason: made it shorter
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03-13-2012, 12:55 AM	#3
ruario Senior Member Registered: Jan 2011 Location: Oslo, Norway Distribution: Slackware Posts: 2,557 Rep:	or with sed if you prefer: Code: sed 's/\(.\)\../\1/' yourfile Last edited by ruario; 03-13-2012 at 12:57 AM. Reason: stuck it in code tags
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