Trying to remove 56 million '' / '' symbol from txt file

Asked May 30 '23 at 11:57

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I need to clean txt file from unwanted symbols.

sed -i.old 's/Word//g' outfile.txt I have removed some words with this code but I can't remove / symbol.

sed -i.old 's////g' outfile.txt sed: 1: "///d": invalid command code / <- This is the error I get

sed -i.old 's////g' outfile.txt <- I have tried this code but I got an error

sed: 1: "///d": invalid command code /

asked May 30 '23 at 11:57

Göktuğ Bayram

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Switch from `s///`to `s|||` or `s###` or `ssss`. – Cyrus May 30 '23 at 11:59
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Or use leaning toothpicks `s/\///` – stark May 30 '23 at 12:01
You *can* do `sed -e 's@/@@g`, but you should not. `tr` is much better for removing characters from a file. – William Pursell May 30 '23 at 12:04

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