removing first "0" or "63" in a text file

tmaxx · 07-10-2006, 03:15 AM

hi all..hope u guys can help me with this.

problem is a file containing the follwing

09195674567
09195674667
09195674767
09195674568
09195674561
09195674562
09195674563
639197896334
639197896335
639197896336
639197896337

i wanna remove the leading zeros and leading "63" using sed?

pls help

tmaxx · 07-10-2006, 03:22 AM

or an awk solution would be great also

faref · 07-10-2006, 06:39 AM

vim file.txt
:%s/^0//
:%s/^63//
:wq

spirit receiver · 07-10-2006, 06:45 AM

Code:

sed 's/^\(0\|63\)//' filename

homey · 07-10-2006, 06:53 AM

Yet another way of doing that....

Code:

sed -e "s/^[0,63]*//g" file.txt

spirit receiver · 07-10-2006, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by homey

Yet another way of [not] doing that....

Indeed, that would be pretty dangerous, even if it works with the example data given above.

Code:

> echo "636603661" | sed -e "s/^[0,63]*//g"
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