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Old 01-21-2013
Extract a string from another string in UNIX

I have a string

string="Please have a nice day and sleep well Replace_12123_31233_32134_12342 Good day"

How do i replace "Replace_12123_31233_32134_1234" in the above string.??

Please help.

Regards,
Qwerty
# 2  
Old 01-21-2013
bash/ksh93:
Code:
$ string="Please have a nice day and sleep well Replace_12123_31233_32134_12342 Good day"

$ string=${string//Replace_12123_31233_32134_12342/REPLACED}

$ echo $string
Please have a nice day and sleep well REPLACED Good day

# 3  
Old 01-21-2013
extract string from another string

i do not require to replace that with "Replaced". i want to take out that string - "Replace_12123_31233_32134_12342" and do certain operations with it... this might be a different string everytime... but the position of the string wouldnt change..
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Old 01-21-2013
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Originally Posted by qwertyu
i do not require to replace that with "Replaced". i want to take out that string - "Replace_12123_31233_32134_12342" and do certain operations with it
Didn't you write "How do i replace "Replace_12123_31233_32134_1234" in the above string.??" earlier?

Quote:
Originally Posted by qwertyu
... this might be a different string everytime... but the position of the string wouldnt change..
Please elaborate on this aspect. At what position will "this" string occur in the bigger string? Does "this" string terminate with a space/end-of-bigger-string? or does "this" string have a fixed length?
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