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!

is what you want, or

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

(eliminating the useless use of cat)

Regards,

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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.

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