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Old 06-30-2009
sed match closest/nearest pattern

All
i am struggling to raplace some text in a line between two (closest) patterns ,
Code:
line="/home/usr/bin/:/home/usr/devuser,n1.9/bin:/home/usr/root/bin"

i want to replace "devuser,n1.9" with "NEWVAL", basically all teh text from "devuser" until nearest '/' with some new text.

i tried teh following
Code:
echo $line | sed 's/devuser.*\//NEWVAL\//'

i am getting /home/usr/bin/:/home/usr/NEWVAL/bin"

where i am expecting
/home/usr/bin/:/home/usr/NEWVAL/bin:/home/usr/root/bin"

i know sed will match the longest possible pattern, i tried this as well
Code:
echo $line | sed 's/devuser.*[^\/]/NEWVAL/'

but still no luck Smilie

any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

---------- Post updated at 02:13 AM ---------- Previous update was at 01:30 AM ----------

hey guys,
found something
Code:
echo $line | sed 's/devuser[^\/]*/NEWVAL/'

is giving me the expected output.

any other suggestions are welcome.

Last edited by otheus; 07-02-2009 at 04:59 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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Old 07-02-2009
I think you found THE answer. PLEASE use [code] tags.
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