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angel115

11-16-2005 02:41 PM

delete the end of each line in a file with sed

Here is the problem
I have 1 file: foo.txt witch look like this:

Code:

123K    bla bla bla

12k      sdfnlkbbslfbqs

68456K dsfsfdsdfsqfze

and i want to delete every thing after the first "K" on each line. So after modification the file will look like this:

Code:

but i don't arrive to find the good sed syntax to do it.
:cry:

homey

11-16-2005 02:59 PM

Try this...
sed 's/\(.*K\).*/\1/' file.txt

makuyl

11-16-2005 03:13 PM

Or this: sed 's/[kK].*/K/' foo.txt

angel115

11-16-2005 04:41 PM

Thanks

that work just fine.

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