help in deletion part of a line

[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" can be any integer below 10?
> > 
> > 	(I know how to delete the *entire* line using ed, but not just
> > 	the first part?
> 
> gilmour% echo testpart5.chapter2.text-test | sed 's/part[0-9].chapter[0-9]\.text-//g'     
> testtest
> 
> Modify as necessary.
> 

	Thanks.   I was able to get rid of things likie -567-[text] from
	^, but the part[1-5]. --- OH::: I didn't escape the "."

	Duh::: hit myself in the forehead! ... slinking away... .

	gary
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