removal of gi numbers from msa file

Question

[willingtone2]

hello guys , i need some help, i have this msa file containing 1570 seqs i need to remove the gi numbers and retain the accession numbers please help:below is asample

gi|8393762|ref|np_058552.1|/1-782 mtsiiklttlsgvqeesalcyllqvdefrflldcgwdehfsvdiidslrkhvhqidavll gi|685228433|gb|aio05253.1|/1-482 gvwsgmvgtslsmliraelshpgmfigndqiynvivtahafimiffmvmpimiggfgnwl gi|685228539|gb|aio05306.1|/1-482 gvwsgmvgtslsmliraelshpgkfigndqiynvivtahafimiffmvmpimiggfgnwl

thanks willingtone

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WHAT HAVE YOU TRIED !!???

Answer 1

[5heikki]

HOW ABOUT

cut -f4- -d "|" inputFile > outputFile