Remove match word from file

Question

The Data in the File1.txt is

Raj cmd
Rahul cmd
Pooja cmd
Vilas cmd
Vikram cmd

I want the Output to be Printed like this below

Raj
Rahul
Pooja
Vilas
Vikram

The Word I want to remove is "cmd"

Answer 1

try this:

sed 's/\s*cmd//' File1.txt 

explanation

s/   # substitute
\s*  # ignore blanks
cmd  # your pattern
//   # replace with nothing