On 05/19/2011 09:24 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On 05/18/2011 07:40 PM, Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus wrote: >> Well, the script isn't too long so you can open it easily with >> gedit, kate or your favorite editor and remove the repeated number >> of line and that's all. You don't need to complicate your life. >> >> Good Luck: >> Aradnix >> > You like doing things the hard way. He said this was only the first > 25 lines, so we do not know how long it is. I would probably do > something like: > > sed -e "s@^[0-9]*[ ]*@@" input.file> output.file > > This not only removes the line numbers, but the spaces after them as > well. If what shows up as spaces in the posting are really tabs, a > small change is required: > > sed -e "s@^[0-9]*\t@@" input.file> output.file > > This also has the advantage of only removing the first tab, and > leaving all the other formatting the same. The first version will > remove all the spaces after the number until it hits a non-space > character. That would probably mess up any indentation in the script. > > Mikkel Well !! If I knew anything about Ruby, I wouldn't have done it the hard way. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines