Delete a column from a delimited file in linux

Question

I have a file in the following format:

col1|col2|col3|col4
a|b|c|d
e|f||h
i|j|k|l

I would like to delete col3 (with the delimiter \"|\") fr

Answer 1

This might work for you (GNU sed):

sed 's/[^|]*|//3' file