How to remove special characters from text file?












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I have an miRNA text file (with more than 1000 data)



>hsa-miR-576-3p MIMAT0004796
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p MIMAT0000431
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


I want this text file to look like



>hsa-miR-576-3p 
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


Kindly help me. My OS is Ubuntu 14.04



Thanking You in advance










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    Question title doesn't match the provided example. Do you really want to remove special characters, or do you want to remove the 2nd column in lines that start with a special character?
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    Dec 13 '18 at 7:44
















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I have an miRNA text file (with more than 1000 data)



>hsa-miR-576-3p MIMAT0004796
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p MIMAT0000431
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


I want this text file to look like



>hsa-miR-576-3p 
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


Kindly help me. My OS is Ubuntu 14.04



Thanking You in advance










share|improve this question


















  • 1




    Question title doesn't match the provided example. Do you really want to remove special characters, or do you want to remove the 2nd column in lines that start with a special character?
    – grawity
    Dec 13 '18 at 7:44














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I have an miRNA text file (with more than 1000 data)



>hsa-miR-576-3p MIMAT0004796
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p MIMAT0000431
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


I want this text file to look like



>hsa-miR-576-3p 
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


Kindly help me. My OS is Ubuntu 14.04



Thanking You in advance










share|improve this question













I have an miRNA text file (with more than 1000 data)



>hsa-miR-576-3p MIMAT0004796
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p MIMAT0000431
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


I want this text file to look like



>hsa-miR-576-3p 
AAGAUGUGGAAAAAUUGGAAUC
>hsa-miR-140-5p
CAGUGGUUUUACCCUAUGGUAG


Kindly help me. My OS is Ubuntu 14.04



Thanking You in advance







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  • 1




    Question title doesn't match the provided example. Do you really want to remove special characters, or do you want to remove the 2nd column in lines that start with a special character?
    – grawity
    Dec 13 '18 at 7:44














  • 1




    Question title doesn't match the provided example. Do you really want to remove special characters, or do you want to remove the 2nd column in lines that start with a special character?
    – grawity
    Dec 13 '18 at 7:44








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Question title doesn't match the provided example. Do you really want to remove special characters, or do you want to remove the 2nd column in lines that start with a special character?
– grawity
Dec 13 '18 at 7:44




Question title doesn't match the provided example. Do you really want to remove special characters, or do you want to remove the 2nd column in lines that start with a special character?
– grawity
Dec 13 '18 at 7:44










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