need help with sed
John Cornelius
jc at hangarpilot.net
Mon Jun 30 18:23:34 UTC 2008
Guillaume wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run this command:
> echo 2008:04:23 | sed 's/://'
> The result is
> 200804:23
>
> I expect to have this :
> 20080423
>
> What is wrong with my very simple regexp ':' why all occurence of the
> char ':' are not deleted ?
>
> its make me crazy, can someone help me ?
>
> Thanks
How about
echo 2008:04:23 | sed 's/://g'
The 'g' causes all instances of the ':' character on the line to be
replaced. Normally it just replaces the first instance of a character on
the line.
John Cornelius
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