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Mayank Ahuja

2005-08-31, 7:55 am


Hi all
Could any body tell me how to get
mayank
from
'mayank'
sp. by map or grep command
(means I just want to remove the single quotes. tht's it)


thankx
n
with regards



Mayank Ahuja
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Eric Walker

2005-08-31, 6:55 pm

if the 'mayank' is in a text file, then
cat file | sed s/'//g > newfile

this should do it I think.
On Wednesday 31 August 2005 03:42 am, mayank.ahuja@tcs.com wrote:
> Hi all
> Could any body tell me how to get
> mayank
> from
> 'mayank'
> sp. by map or grep command
> (means I just want to remove the single quotes. tht's it)
>
>
> thankx
> n
> with regards
>
>
>
> Mayank Ahuja
> Assistant System Engineer
> Tata Consultancy Services Limited
> Ph:- 044-55555816
> Cell:- 9283199460
> Mailto: mayank.ahuja@tcs.com
> Website: http://www.tcs.com
>
> Notice: The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments
> to it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not
> the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution,
> printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message
> and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received
> this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone
> and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments.
> Thank you


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Scott Taylor

2005-08-31, 6:55 pm


Eric Walker said:
> if the 'mayank' is in a text file, then
> cat file | sed s/'//g > newfile
>
> this should do it I think.


LMAO - Nice, for a top poster,
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> On Wednesday 31 August 2005 03:42 am, mayank.ahuja@tcs.com wrote:

now for something completely different:

perl way:
my $something = "'mayank'";
$something =~ s/'//g;
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Maybe you want a different list, not perl begginers?

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Scott
Bob Showalter

2005-08-31, 6:55 pm

mayank.ahuja@tcs.com wrote:
> Could any body tell me how to get mayank from 'mayank'


$var =~ tr/'//d;

> sp. by map or grep command


Those functions are not appropriate to the problem as you've described it
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