how to get substring

senthilk615 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-27-2006

i have a strings
abc-def.csv
ghi-jkl.csv

i want to make it as

abc-*-def.xyz
ghi-*-jkl.xyz

How to do it?.

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-27-2006

Code:

echo 'abc-def.csv' | sed 's/-/&*&/'

senthilk615 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-27-2006

sorry i had not explained completely, the input file name can have more than one "-"

i.e name can be abc-def-ghi.csv, i want the output aba-def-*-ghi.xyz

vgersh99 · #4 (**permalink**) 03-27-2006

Code:

echo 'abc-def-ghi.csv' | sed 's/\(.*\)-\(.*\)/\1-*-\2/'

senthilk615 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-27-2006

i could not understand the cmd

vgersh99 · #6 (**permalink**) 03-27-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by senthilk615

i could not understand the cmd

what exactly isn't clear?

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