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Asked: June 10, 20262026-06-10T20:15:35+00:00 2026-06-10T20:15:35+00:00

I am using SunOS 10. I am trying to replace the : character at

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I am using SunOS 10. I am trying to replace the : character at the end of line if the word contains : in it.

I am using the below command for it.

echo -n "test:" | sed 's/:$//g'

It’s not working. What did I do wrong here?

The same command is working fine in GNU/Linux.

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    2026-06-10T20:15:36+00:00Added an answer on June 10, 2026 at 8:15 pm

    You don’t need a line feed. You need to remove that -n

    echo "test:" | sed 's/:$//g'
    
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