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"behapy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > kdjwiskjkdf+-www.kde.org+-333.kjkd.html > kdjfwiwji+-kbs.co.kr+-cgi-bin+-kkk.cgi > kdjfwiwji+-kbs.co.kr+-cgi-bin+-kk2.cgi > > => > > www.kde.org+-333.kjkd.html > kbs.co.kr+-cgi-bin+-kkk.cgi > kbs.co.kr+-cgi-bin+-kk2.cgi > > I'd like to remove the first words everyliles ~+- > > sed -e 's/^*+-//g' SOMEFILE.TXT don't work. > How do I do? If I were sed, I'd parse that as ^ (start-of-line) *+ (one or more asterisks) - (hyphen), which isn't what you want. You really want start-of-line, any number of characters which aren't +, +, -; this translates in sed-ese to sed -e 's/^[^+]*+-//g' file.txt -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
