[SOLVED] Remove exact matching word using sed

kushalkoolwal · 08-18-2009, 02:51 PM

I have a file which has the words "splashimage and "splash". I would like to remove the word only "splash" from everywhere.

Using the following command:

Code:

sed "s/splash//g"

also removes the "splash" part from "splashimage", which I don't want. I just want to replace the word match exactly i.e. "splash".

Googled a bit and found these:
http://dbaspot.com/forums/shell/3905...ctly-word.html

http://groups.google.com/group/VGLUG...739d55b96a87d1

but not exactly what I am looking for.

Thanks

pixellany · 08-18-2009, 03:05 PM

You can use the "word boundary" notation (\<...\>). Using your example:

Code:

sed 's/\<splash\>//g'

Note that I also used single quotes. It is normally good practice to do this by default, and then change to double quotes when needed.

kushalkoolwal · 08-20-2009, 06:15 PM

Thanks that worked!