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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cut -d Question Post 302111175 by Ygor on Monday 19th of March 2007 08:58:36 PM
Old 03-19-2007
You could set the Field Separator pattern in awk...
Code:
$ echo "verylongstringofmixedcharacters==-=-23480732.pdf"|awk 'BEGIN{FS="==-=-"}{print $1}'
verylongstringofmixedcharacters

You can even use multiple patterns...
Code:
$ echo "verylongstringofmixedcharacters==-=-23480732.pdf"|awk 'BEGIN{FS="(==-=-|\\.)";OFS="."}{print $1,$3}'
verylongstringofmixedcharacters.pdf

Or use sed...
Code:
$ echo "verylongstringofmixedcharacters==-=-23480732.pdf"|sed 's/\(.*\)==-=-.*\(\.pdf\)/\1\2/'
verylongstringofmixedcharacters.pdf

 

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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