replace first semicolon occurence

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Hi I have a logfile and I want to replace the first semicolon occurence, like:



head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
blabb;blabl;;blab;blabl;;bla


Desired output:



 head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
blabb;blabl;blab;blabl;;bla


With regular expression how can select the first occurrence and replace for ";"
I have the next command in sed:



sed -i 's/;;/;/g'


but this one replace all the occurrences file. Is there another way to do?










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    Hi I have a logfile and I want to replace the first semicolon occurence, like:



    head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
    blabb;blabl;;blab;blabl;;bla


    Desired output:



     head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
    blabb;blabl;blab;blabl;;bla


    With regular expression how can select the first occurrence and replace for ";"
    I have the next command in sed:



    sed -i 's/;;/;/g'


    but this one replace all the occurrences file. Is there another way to do?










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      Hi I have a logfile and I want to replace the first semicolon occurence, like:



      head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
      blabb;blabl;;blab;blabl;;bla


      Desired output:



       head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
      blabb;blabl;blab;blabl;;bla


      With regular expression how can select the first occurrence and replace for ";"
      I have the next command in sed:



      sed -i 's/;;/;/g'


      but this one replace all the occurrences file. Is there another way to do?










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      Hi I have a logfile and I want to replace the first semicolon occurence, like:



      head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
      blabb;blabl;;blab;blabl;;bla


      Desired output:



       head1;head2;head3;head4;head5 
      blabb;blabl;blab;blabl;;bla


      With regular expression how can select the first occurrence and replace for ";"
      I have the next command in sed:



      sed -i 's/;;/;/g'


      but this one replace all the occurrences file. Is there another way to do?







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          To make the substitution only act once, remove the /g modifier:



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