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echo "$DateFileFormat" | sed 's/\./\\\\./g' | sed 's/\$/[0-9]+/g' | sed 's/\#/'$job_date'/g'

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var2=`echo "$DateFileFormat" | sed 's/\./\\\\./g' | sed 's/\$/[0-9]+/g' | sed 's/\#/'$job_date'/g'`

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OK    testmessage    email<test@123>
NOK    receivemessage    email<123@test>
NOK    receivemessage    email(123@test123)
NOK    receivemessage    email<abc@test>

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123@test
123@test123
abc@test

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DateFileFormat=NAME.CODE.CON.01.#.S001.V1.D$.hent.txt

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DateFileFormat=NAME\\.CODE\\.CON\\.01\\.var2\\.S001\\.V1\\.D[0-9]+\\.hent\\.txt\\.xml$

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