sed

Darrell22 · 03-03-2013, 11:30 AM

Dear Experts,

I have two files with the output of directory structures:

home_files.txt
backupfat32_files.txt

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home_files.txt contains rows such as:
/home/notes/linux.txt

backupfat32_files.txt will have an added string on the front:
/backupfat32/home/notes/linux.txt

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How can I use sed to remove
/backupfat32
???

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I tried this, but it's not quite:

cat backupfat32_files.txt | sed 's/backupfat32//g'

//home/notes/linux.txt

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It's an escape character that I need, correct?

Unfortunately, I can't find a webpage with a clear and simple example that works.

Thanks a lot!

Snark1994 · 03-03-2013, 11:50 AM

Code:

cat backupfat32_files.txt | sed 's/\/backupfat32//g'

is what you want, or

Code:

cat backupfat32_files.txt | sed 's@/backupfat32@@g'

(your delimiter character need not be '/'), or

Code:

sed 's@/backupfat32@@g' backupfat32_files.txt

(eliminating the useless use of cat)

Regards,

Snark1994 · 03-03-2013, 11:50 AM

-- forum double-posted my above response --

Darrell22 · 03-04-2013, 09:35 AM

That worked!

I was using cat, so that I wouldn't mess up the file, and it echos to screen.

You answered in only 20 minutes! Cool.

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it.

Snark1994 · 03-05-2013, 12:50 PM

No problem

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