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Is it possible to delete a specific string with tr command in a UNIX-Shell?
For example: If I type:
tr -d "1."
and the input is 1.1231, it would show 23 as an output, but I want it to show 1231 (notice only the first 1 has gone). How would I do that?
If you know a solution or a better way, please explain the syntax since I don’t want to just copy&paste but also to learn.
I have huge problems with awk, so if you use this, please explain it even more.
In your example above the cut command would suffice.
Example:
echo '1.1231' | cut -d '.' -f 2would return1231.For more information on cut, just type
man cut.