remove a word from many places in a long text file
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Suppose I have a file with many lines of the form
date time name some stuff
where every line may be different except for 'name', which is the same every time, and I want to remove 'name' from every line: is it possible to write a short bash script to achieve this?
bash awk sed grep
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Suppose I have a file with many lines of the form
date time name some stuff
where every line may be different except for 'name', which is the same every time, and I want to remove 'name' from every line: is it possible to write a short bash script to achieve this?
bash awk sed grep
edited Mar 5 at 15:36
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Where does "recursive" come into play here?
– Kusalananda
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Suppose I have a file with many lines of the form
date time name some stuff
where every line may be different except for 'name', which is the same every time, and I want to remove 'name' from every line: is it possible to write a short bash script to achieve this?
bash awk sed grep
edited Mar 5 at 15:36
Archemar
18.9k93366
asked Mar 5 at 15:02
jj_p
1836
Suppose I have a file with many lines of the form
date time name some stuff
where every line may be different except for 'name', which is the same every time, and I want to remove 'name' from every line: is it possible to write a short bash script to achieve this?
bash awk sed grep
edited Mar 5 at 15:36
Archemar
18.9k93366
asked Mar 5 at 15:02
jj_p
1836
edited Mar 5 at 15:36
Archemar
18.9k93366
edited Mar 5 at 15:36
Archemar
18.9k93366
edited Mar 5 at 15:36
Archemar
18.9k93366
18.9k93366
asked Mar 5 at 15:02
jj_p
1836
asked Mar 5 at 15:02
jj_p
1836
asked Mar 5 at 15:02
jj_p
1836
1836
Where does "recursive" come into play here?
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:11
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Where does "recursive" come into play here?
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:11
Where does "recursive" come into play here?
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:11
Where does "recursive" come into play here?
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:11
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Gilles answer works but it will only remove name from standard output. If you want to remove name from the file itself then you need:
sed -i 's/name//' file
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
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Why not simply :
sed 's/name//' file
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2 Answers
2
active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Gilles answer works but it will only remove name from standard output. If you want to remove name from the file itself then you need:
sed -i 's/name//' file
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Gilles answer works but it will only remove name from standard output. If you want to remove name from the file itself then you need:
sed -i 's/name//' file
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Gilles answer works but it will only remove name from standard output. If you want to remove name from the file itself then you need:
sed -i 's/name//' file
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
Gilles answer works but it will only remove name from standard output. If you want to remove name from the file itself then you need:
sed -i 's/name//' file
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
answered Mar 5 at 15:59
Nasir Riley
1,514138
1,514138
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
Why not simply :
sed 's/name//' file
?
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
15.3k13448
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
Why not simply :
sed 's/name//' file
?
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
15.3k13448
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
Why not simply :
sed 's/name//' file
?
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
15.3k13448
Why not simply :
sed 's/name//' file
?
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
15.3k13448
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
15.3k13448
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
15.3k13448
answered Mar 5 at 15:05
Gilles Quenot
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15.3k13448
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Where does "recursive" come into play here?
– Kusalananda
Mar 5 at 15:11