Field removal query

[ranjit]

[tt]

Hi, I would like to remove the "/bin/oops" entry from the comma separated input file. The script should be capable of removing "/bin/oops" regardless of its position in the string, examples are below.

Input file:
shells = /bin/oop,/bin/sh,/bin/bsh,/bin/ksh,/bin/tsh
shells = /bin/sh,/bin/bsh,/bin/ksh,/bin/tsh,/bin/oop
shells = /bin/sh,/bin/bsh,/bin/oop,/bin/ksh,/bin/tsh

Desired output:
shells = /bin/sh,/bin/bsh,/bin/ksh,/bin/tsh
shells = /bin/sh,/bin/bsh,/bin/ksh,/bin/tsh
shells = /bin/sh,/bin/bsh,/bin/ksh,/bin/tsh

Thanks in advance




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[PHV]

A starting point:
sed 's!/bin/oop!!g;s! ,! !;s!,,!,!g;s!,$!!' /path/to/input > output

Hope This Helps, PH.
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