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$ echo "bla(foo)"|awk -F'[(|)]' '{print $2}' | $ echo "bla(foo)"|awk -F'[(|)]' '{print $2}' | ||
foo | foo | ||
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$ echo "bla=@@foo@@"|awk -F'[@@|@@]' '{print $3}' | $ echo "bla=@@foo@@"|awk -F'[@@|@@]' '{print $3}' | ||
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$ echo "blah(foo)"|sed -n 's/.*(\([^ ]*\))/\1/p' | $ echo "blah(foo)"|sed -n 's/.*(\([^ ]*\))/\1/p' | ||
foo | foo | ||
| − | echo "aaafoobbb"|sed -n 's/.*aaa\([^ ]*\)bbb/\1/p' | + | |
| + | $echo "aaafoobbb"|sed -n 's/.*aaa\([^ ]*\)bbb/\1/p' | ||
foo | foo | ||
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[[category:awk]] | [[category:awk]] | ||
[[category:sed]] | [[category:sed]] | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 21 August 2013
Howto print text between tags or characters with awk or sed
print the text between two tags/characters/strings.
$ echo "bla(foo)"|awk -F'[(|)]' '{print $2}'
foo
$ echo "bla=@@foo@@"|awk -F'[@@|@@]' '{print $3}'
foo
with sed:
$ echo "blah(foo)"|sed -n 's/.*(\([^ ]*\))/\1/p' foo
$echo "aaafoobbb"|sed -n 's/.*aaa\([^ ]*\)bbb/\1/p' foo
