Deleting data

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Need Assistance in a script to delete date for Below example

There are four period(.) line . I wanted to delete 2 period(.) from below .

5  .TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 58 TO 63. LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING
6  BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
7  .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 29 TO 37. WEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
8  .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 58 TO 63. LIGHT WINDS.
9  .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. HAZE. LOWS 29 TO 39. LIGHT WINDS.
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It's not clear what your desired output would look like....

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5  .TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 58 TO 63. LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING
6  BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
7  .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 29 TO 37. WEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
8  .FRIDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 58 TO 63. LIGHT WINDS.
9  .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. HAZE. LOWS 29 TO 39. LIGHT WINDS.

output

5  .TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 58 TO 63. LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING
6  BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
7  .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 29 TO 37. WEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH.
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Hmmmmm,,,, I'm having trouble relating the 'description' to the provided sample.
Description:

Need Assistance in a script to delete date for Below example

There are four period(.) line . I wanted to delete 2 period(.) from below .

Could you try describing once again how you get from 'input' to 'output' again, please!

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Something like this?

awk '/\.\.\./ && ++c>2 {next} 1' file
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Franklin52 this is perfectly what i wanted .....Thanks