How can I remove rest of file from string for all files?

How can I remove rest of file from string for all files?

For example, input files 1 and 2, string is ddd.

Input file 1.

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddfbbd dddaaa
eee

Output file 1.

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddfbbd 

Input file 2.

ccc
aergddd
dasdvsdb

Output file 2.

ccc
aerg

With GNU sed:

str="ddd"
for file in 1 2; do
    sed -i "/$str/ {s/$str.*//; q}" "$file"
done

This needs to be in a loop: otherwise the q command would abort the whole process after processing only the first file.

With Perl:

perl -i -0777 -pe 's/ddd[\s\S]*//' file

or

perl -i -0777 -pe 's/ddd.*//s' file

• -i: modify the file in place.

• -0777: force Perl to slurp the file as whole, not line by line.

• -pe:

  • -p: loop Perl code.
  • -e: execute Perl code.

• 's/ddd[\s\S]*//': replace everything (every whitespace (\s) and non-whitespace (\S) character) after ddd (including it) with an empty string.

• 's/ddd.*//s': replace everything (.*) after ddd (including it) with an empty string. The s flag at the end makes .* also match newlines (thanks @glennjackman).

More about Perl flags can be found here.