On Tue, 28 Oct 1997, SJM wrote:
> Hello, I have a file that has over 6500 lines of code I want to use but
> almost every line has a '+' in front of it. The code is from a patch
> file that I couldn't get to patch so I am doing it manually. Can anyone
> help me with a simple unix script that will filter out these '+'s?
> Maybe to read in the first character of every line and if it is a '+'
> then delete it, otherwise move on to the next line. Or does anyone know
> an easier way?
>
> -Shaw
Personally I would use the vi editor to do this. With the file oen in vi
($vi <filename>), do a global substitution with this command line:
%s/^\+//g
This will strip all of the +'s that are at the begining of a line.
If you need more help, email me personally.
Later!
Richard McKay
rmckay@execpc.com
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