Or, if there's a chance that the text after the last period-and-space will 
itself contain a space,
  find 
^.*\. ([^.]+)$

and replace it with \1
(It finds 'stuff that does not contain any periods' after a 
period-and-space.)

On Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:24:57 PM UTC+2, T Burger wrote:
>
> Find = ^.* (.*)$
> Replace = \1
>
> Thanks,
> Ted
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>
>
> On Aug 27, 2017, at 12:19 AM, Jasyn Jones <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
> I have a text file with 2000 lines of text similar to this:
>
> baba /baˈba/ nm. mother
> bats /bats/ nf. test; v. test
> bei /bei/ v. keep
>
> What I want to do is to find and replace everything up to and including 
> the last period & space, on every line, so the output would look like:
>
> mother
> test
> keep
>
> I've tried various grep patterns, can't get any to work. Any suggestion 
> would be appreciated.
>
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