delete columns 15 to 27 of a text file

powah · 01-31-2007, 12:51 AM

How to delete columns 15 to 27 of a text file?
Any programming language is ok.
Thanks.
e.g.
Input:
Sep. 30, 2006 Oct. 04, 2006 PIZZA PIZZA #222 $8.75
Oct. 01, 2006 Oct. 04, 2006 BURGER KING #8818 $9.10
Oct. 02, 2006 Oct. 03, 2006 NEW GREAT WALL RESTAURANT $38.10

Output:
Sep. 30, 2006 PIZZA PIZZA #222 $8.75
Oct. 01, 2006 BURGER KING #8818 $9.10
Oct. 02, 2006 NEW GREAT WALL RESTAURANT $38.10

druuna · 01-31-2007, 02:03 AM

Hi,

Here's one way, using the cut command:

cut -d" " -f1-3,7- infile

Hope this helps.