replace some string by null??

ash.g · December 4, 2009, 9:49am

I have a string like

In this string I want to delete both "." and ":", means I want the output as:

How can I do that using "tr" or any other such command?

zaxxon · December 4, 2009, 9:55am

Yes, try it out?

$> echo './All About Linux and Unix/Shell Scripting/Shell Scripts/Dialog Utility:'| tr -d [.:]
/All About Linux and Unix/Shell Scripting/Shell Scripts/Dialog Utility

ash.g · December 4, 2009, 9:58am

Ya. It's working. Are there any other commands which serve the same purpose?

zaxxon · December 4, 2009, 10:04am

sed, awk (both can much more, especially awk), maybe more programs.

ash.g · December 4, 2009, 10:06am

can you please explain me with the example?

zaxxon · December 4, 2009, 10:09am

sed 's/[\.:]//g'
awk '{gsub(/[\.:]/,""); print}'

ash.g · December 4, 2009, 10:13am

Also,the code I am trying not working why?