Or echo the string etc.. ;-)
> From: Jeremy Bertenshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2002/04/05 Fri PM 04:55:18 GMT+12:00
> To: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: parsing
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> cat textfile | sed 's/\[.*\]//g'
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> :-)
>
> jeremyb.
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> > From: Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 2002/04/05 Fri PM 04:39:28 GMT+12:00
> > To: CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: parsing
> >
> > I have a string like postfix/smtpd[25532]: I want to cut it off at the
> > [ so I end up with postfix/smtpd
> >
> > how do i do it?
> > --
> > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
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