Re: help in deletion part of a line

2007-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 08:13:49AM +0530, Shantanoo Mahajan wrote: > On 23-Oct-07, at 4:11 AM, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings > > (caight by grep) of the sort: > > > > part5.chapter2.text- > > > > where "5" and "2" can be any integ

Re: help in deletion part of a line

2007-10-23 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 03:37:13AM +0100, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:41:40PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings > > (caight by grep) of the sort: > > > > part5.chapter2.text- > > > > where "5" and "2"

Re: help in deletion part of a line

2007-10-23 Thread Shantanoo Mahajan
On 23-Oct-07, at 4:11 AM, Gary Kline wrote: Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings (caight by grep) of the sort: part5.chapter2.text- where "5" and "2" can be any integer below 10? (I know how to delete the *entire* line using ed, but no

Re: help in deletion part of a line

2007-10-22 Thread Benjamin M. A'Lee
On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 03:41:40PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Is there an easier way by sed or ed to remove strings > (caight by grep) of the sort: > > part5.chapter2.text- > > where "5" and "2" can be any integer below 10? > > (I know how to delete the *entire*