[X-Unix] Sed - remove line numbers

[Filipp Lepalaan]

Probably not the most efficient way of doing it, but:

cat filename | sed -E 's/^[0-9]+\. //' | tr -s '\n'

:)


-filipp

On 25.01.2009, at 0:47, Charles Howse wrote:

> Hi,
> I can't find an example of what I need to do online, could someone  
> please give me an example of how to use sed to remove the line  
> numbers and carriage returns/linefeeds from a 100 line file?
>
> Currently:
> 1. <string of text>
>
> 2. <string of text>
>
> 3. <string of text>
> ...
> 100. <string of text>
>
> Result:
> <string of text>
> <string of text>
> <string of text>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Charles
>
> Signs you're getting old...
> A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff".
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