Replacing Part of Text Using Sed
- by neversaint
I have the following text file
Eif2ak1.aSep07
Eif2ak1.aSep07
LOC100042862.aSep07-unspliced
NADH5_C.0.aSep07-unspliced
LOC100042862.aSep07-unspliced
NADH5_C.0.aSep07-unspliced
What I want to do is to remove all the text starting from period (.) to the end.
But why this command doesn't do it?
sed 's/\.*//g' myfile.txt
What's the right way to do it?