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02-21-2008
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Another text filtering question
I want to remove everything from a file but the word following the search word.
Example: crap crap crap crap SearchWord WordToKeep crap crap crap How would I do this with say awk or grep? Thank you! |
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02-21-2008
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{ wordtokeep=$(sed -e "s/.*SearchWord \([^ ]*\) .*/\1/g" file); echo "$wordtokeep" > file; }
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Sorry to correct you, vino, but your code will work only in most cases, not in all: if the WordToKeep is the last word in the line it will fail because you require a space after it.
On the first line your code will work, on the second it will fail: Code:
"crap crap searchword wordtokeep crap" "crap crap searchword wordtokeep" Code:
"crap crap searchword wordtokeep, crap" I therefore suggest the following enhancement to your code (<spc> and <tab> are characters, only encoded here for readability): Code:
sed -e "s/.*SearchWord \([^<spc><tab>;,.!?":][^<spc><tab>;,.!?":]*\)/\1/g" file |
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