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how to use awk to remove lines ending with '*'

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jdhahbi

jdhahbi

Technical User
Oct 7, 2009
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US
hi

I have a file where some lines end with '*'.
I would loke to remove those lines ending with '*'.
inFile:
a
b*
c
d*

outFile:
a
c

Thanks
 
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awk '!/\*$/' /path/to/inFile >outFile

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886
 
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