SED search word hugs of data and replace with blank

[fpalero]

Hi,

Anyone can help on how to search and change using sed.

My text file:
"A"|"ExtCla436975E"|"20170108"|"activate"
"B"|"ExtClaArQ75EK"|"20170109"|"activate"
"C"|"ExtClaQYT64NF"|"20170110"|"ExtClaIPE46RT"
"D"|"ExtClaPLS34YZ"|"20170111"|"activate"
...

Need out file:
"A"|""|"20170108"|"activate"
"B"|""|"20170109"|"activate"
"C"|""|"20170110"|""
"D"|""|"20170111"|"activate"

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
FPalero

 

[ChrisHirst]

Define "hugs of data"???

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.

Never mind this jesus character, stars had to die for me to live.

 

[fpalero]

Hi Christ,

Good Day!

Hugs of data, meaning millions of records in text file.

Regards,
FPalero

 

[ChrisHirst]

So;

Huge [amounts] of data is what you mean then.

"Hugs" are something completely different and nothing related to data volume or quantity

Hi Christ,

And by the way

You can probably tell from my signature text, I am in no way affiliated with a possibly composite character from a well known work of fantasy fiction.

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.

Never mind this jesus character, stars had to die for me to live.

 

[SamBones]

This works, but it's very specific to the text being removed starting with "Ext"...

$ echo '"C"|"ExtClaQYT64NF"|"20170110"|"ExtClaIPE46RT"' | [highlight #FCE94F]sed 's/Ext[^|]*"/"/g'[/highlight]
"C"|""|"20170110"|""

 

[iggsterman]

pipe it to:

awk -F'|' '{ printf "%s|\"\"|%s|%s\n", $1,$3,$4 }'

This is not sed though. I am not sure if using sed is a requirement.

 

[fpalero]

Hi SamBones,

Working Great! many thanks for the help.

Hi Iggsterman,
Great awk working too. you guys make me happy solving my case. Thank you very much.

Regards,
FPalero