I'm still a newbie, so bare with me.
Does sed 's/object_type//' mean "Substitute object_type for nothing?
A quick look at my Linux in a nutshell seems to say that you substite argument
1 for argument 2... and argument 2 is blank.
Also, why does it have to be in single quotes? Would this do nothing?...
sed s/object_type//
-Nick
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:58:17 -0500
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [fwlug] BASH Script Help
>
>
>
> Nicholas Smith wrote:
> > Code:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gconftool-2 --search-key object_type | grep
> > menu-object | awk '{print $1}'
> >
> > ... and that returned this:
> > Code:
> >
> > /apps/panel/objects/object_0/object_type
> >
> > Now, how do I remove the object_type leaving just
> > "/apps/panel/objects/object_0/" ?
>
> Add "| sed 's/object_type//' to the end of your of your command string...
>
> > Or is there a smarter way to get to that output?
>
> Uh, probably... ;) But it's not coming to me on this Monday morning...
>
> Cheers,
> Vern
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> > -Nick
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