Extract string between <> - Shell Programming and Scripting

rakeshou · #1 (**permalink**) 11-20-2007

hi,

I want a simple way to extract string between two angle brackets <>

the text looks like

echo "###Usage: $0 <database1> <database2>"

what I want is two variables DB1=database1 and DB2=database2

What I am doing looks clumsy to me

Code:

DB1=`echo $line | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/>//g' | awk -F"<" '{print $2}'`
DB2=`echo $line | sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/>//g' | awk -F"<" '{print $3}'`

thanks in advance