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Old 01-08-2013
RegEX help needed

Hi,

Have to filter out string before the last underscore in the following

input: UNIX_Solaris_59_KSH

output: UNIX_Solaris_59

dummy one but Smilie

Thanks & Regards,
Sourabh Singh Khichi

Last edited by vbe; 01-08-2013 at 10:00 AM.. Reason: icodes...
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Old 01-08-2013
Is the input stored in a file or in a shell variable?
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Old 01-08-2013
ok with anything file or variable ..... any can help
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Old 01-08-2013
Assuming you're using ksh, here are two ways to do it:
Code:
in=UNIX_Solaris_59_KSH
echo ${in%_*}
echo $in | sed 's/_[^_]*$//'

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Old 01-08-2013
thanks a lot for your help Smilie
 
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