# Converting Transcript Id with Ensemble or Entraz ID ?

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/converting-transcript-id-with-ensemble-or-entraz-id/2568>\
**Category:** usegalaxy.org support\
**Tags:** text-manipulation, transcriptomics, goseq\
**Created:** [December 1, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/converting-transcript-id-with-ensemble-or-entraz-id/2568 "2019-12-01T06:21:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/converting-transcript-id-with-ensemble-or-entraz-id/2568/27 "2021-06-14T18:11:24Z")

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Missed the question, but for others reading, please see:

> [@how to replace these ID with official gene names?](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/how-to-replace-these-id-with-official-gene-names/726/5):
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> Hi - Since the identifier is in the first column, Text transformation with sed will work without a complex expression. Try this: s/\.[0-9]+// Other options include using regular expressions with tools like: Text reformatting with awk Replace parts of text Replace Text in entire line Replace Text in a specific column Or, if you don’t want to use a regular expression, the column can be isolated, the “dot” replaced with a “tab”, then all the data rearranged back again into one file. This coul…

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