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sed bug?
Name: GinoLatino Date: November 19, 2007 at 11:32:42 Pacific OS: sun CPU/Ram: don't know Product: don't know
Comment:
Hi I have a problem using sed when replacing the string into a file.
I use the following command
sed 's/.000//g' $FILE
it seems to work but it replaces also the occurencies like
Name: lankrypt0 Date: November 19, 2007 at 12:39:22 Pacific
Reply:
I assume you are trying to just strip off the period. The example you gave is correct because in sed . is a wildcard that can mean any character. The following should work for you: sed -e 's/\.000//g' $FILE
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