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Assuming you have a shell and the sed command:<br>
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sed "s/^[^.][^.]*\.//" < inputfile > outputfile<br>
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On 10/11/2011 11:57 AM, Richard Reina wrote:
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cite="mid:CAKLxnzb64Uwj+=2qwSMxeDxNeQQmhYSXOLWLjWU=bWsOFnrCMg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">I have a file that has list of some sentences. Some
of them are numbered so I am going in circles trying to figure out
how to remove the numbering. The file is in the following format:<br>
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12. blah blah, blah blah blah. blah.<br>
29. blah blah, blah.<br>
19. blah blah blah.<br>
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I am looking for a way to capture everything after the first dot
so as to remove the numbering.<br>
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Richard<br>
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