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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T06:47:13+00:00 2026-06-11T06:47:13+00:00

How to use sed command to match strings starting with &# in my html

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How to use sed command to match strings starting with &# in my html file and replace it with space ?

  • Example: &#192
  • Result: space
  • Should be completely replaced by space

It should work for all the HTML codes with three or 4 digits trailing &#.

Basically HTML codes: http://webdesign.about.com/library/bl_htmlcodes.html

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    2026-06-11T06:47:15+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 6:47 am

    yep got it sed -e 's_&#[0-9]*_ _g'

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