[NTLUG:Discuss] scripting question

[Robert Citek]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Fred James <fredjame at fredjame.cnc.net> wrote:
> Monty Shinn wrote:
>> I am trying to delete part of a line that is actually a directory path in
>> a file with multiple lines.
> Monty Shinn
> Did you "escape" (\) the special characters (in this case the /)?
>   s/\/usr\/test\/working\///

With sed, escaping will work.  Also, using a different delimiter, e.g.
#, will work:

$ echo "
/usr/test/working/access/hbr/filename.plist.
/usr/test/working/access/mbr/filename.plist.
/usr/test/working/access/lbr/filename.plist.
" | sed -e 's#/usr/test/working/##'

cut will also work:

$ echo "
/usr/test/working/access/hbr/filename.plist.
/usr/test/working/access/mbr/filename.plist.
/usr/test/working/access/lbr/filename.plist.
" | cut -d/ -f5-

Regards,
- Robert