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# 1  
Old 07-04-2006
PHP cut command

I have to cut a string using a multiple character delimiter.

I use -d'XP_' -f2
But delimiter is invalid ???? Smilie

( I have tried -d 'XP_' or -d"XP_" or -d "XP_" . Same error Smilie

Any idea, someone to help.
# 2  
Old 07-04-2006
Hi ,

cut -f 2 -d XP_

normally it takes the second field and put "XP_" as separator

this is what you want ?

Christian
# 3  
Old 07-04-2006
seems not working

a=TEXT_TEXT_XP_4.3.2A ( I'd like to extract 4.3.2A )

I'm typing :
echo $a |cut -f2 -d XP_

and error is cut:invalid delimiter
# 4  
Old 07-04-2006
I've become
cut: the delimiter must be a single character (GNU cut 5.3.0)
Try sed or something like it
# 5  
Old 07-04-2006
$ echo TEXT_TEXT_XP_4.3.2A | sed -e 's/^.*XP_//'
# 6  
Old 07-04-2006
From cut manual:
Quote:
UX:cut:ERROR:no delimiter
The char argument to the -d option is too long, usually because
more than one character was specified.
For your specific problem you could use:
Code:
echo "TEXT_TEXT_XP_4.3.2A" | cut -d_ -f4

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