Very Computer

Hello everyone,

   This is my first posting to this group so bear with me. I have a text
file such as this:
|CG12345|0.00|SIX|15.00|

Each field is delimited by the "|" (pipe) symbol. What I need to do is
to remove the FIRST pipe symbol from each line of this file. Is there a
way in awk, perl, shell, etc.

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Thanx,
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Bill Sampler
Programmer/Analyst
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:36:46 -0600, Bill Sampler

thousands of dollars to say:

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Mario Stargard, Systems Admin   |  "Security for an OPEN World"
Product Development Group       |  Network security solutions for
SAGUS Security Incorporated     |   the enterprise.
(613) 234 7300 x214             |  http://www.sagus-security.com

Try this:

cat <your_file> | cut -d'|' -f2-

Hope, it helps...

Dima.

                   richk

Quote:

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>Mario Stargard, Systems Admin   |  "Security for an OPEN World"
>Product Development Group       |  Network security solutions for
>SAGUS Security Incorporated     |   the enterprise.
>(613) 234 7300 x214             |  http://www.sagus-security.com

perl -pi.bak -e 's/^.(.*)$/$1/;' <filename>

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Kuntal Daftary
1.408.527.9789

:> Try this:

:> cat <your_file> | cut -d'|' -f2-

I'd like to nominate this for the Useless Use of Cat Award for this week.

Shawn

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sed -e 's/|//' file [ > new.file ]

If there is a chance that a line will not begin with |, then

sed -e 's/^|//' file  should be used to avoid the possibility of
removing one of the embedded symbols.

mp

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                sed "s/.//" inputfile > outputfile
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