Hi Try this echo 2008:04:23 | sed 's/://g' Regards Ovia -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guillaume Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 5:28 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: need help with sed Hi, When I run this command: echo 2008:04:23 | sed 's/://' The result is 200804:23 I expect to have this : 20080423 What is wrong with my very simple regexp ':' why all occurence of the char ':' are not deleted ? its make me crazy, can someone help me ? Thanks -- Guillaume -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list