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print the text between two tags/characters/strings. | print the text between two tags/characters/strings. | ||
| − | $ echo "bla(foo)"|awk -F'[(|)]' '{print $2}' | + | $ echo "bla(foo)ar"|awk -F'[(|)]' '{print $2}' |
foo | foo | ||
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$ echo "bla=@@foo@@"|awk -F'[@@|@@]' '{print $3}' | $ echo "bla=@@foo@@"|awk -F'[@@|@@]' '{print $3}' | ||
foo | foo | ||
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with sed: | with sed: | ||
| − | $ echo "blah(foo)"|sed -n 's/.*(\([^ ]*\))/\1/p' | + | $ echo "blah(foo)ar"|sed -n 's/.*(\([^ ]*\))/\1/p' <<< not working!!! |
| − | + | fooar | |
| − | echo " | + | |
| − | + | $ echo "aaafoobbbar"|sed -n 's/.*aaa\([^ ]*\)bbb/\1/p' <<< not working!!! | |
| + | fooar | ||
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[[category:awk]] | [[category:awk]] | ||
[[category:sed]] | [[category:sed]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:50, 4 December 2013
Howto print text between tags or characters with awk or sed
print the text between two tags/characters/strings.
$ echo "bla(foo)ar"|awk -F'[(|)]' '{print $2}'
foo
$ echo "bla=@@foo@@"|awk -F'[@@|@@]' '{print $3}'
foo
with sed:
$ echo "blah(foo)ar"|sed -n 's/.*(\([^ ]*\))/\1/p' <<< not working!!! fooar
$ echo "aaafoobbbar"|sed -n 's/.*aaa\([^ ]*\)bbb/\1/p' <<< not working!!! fooar
