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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Problem with sed string substitution Post 302254287 by funksen on Tuesday 4th of November 2008 05:16:03 AM
Old 11-04-2008
Problem with sed string substitution
Hi,

heres my problem:


echo "aaaa(aaaa(aaa" | sed 's/a.*(//g'

gives aaa

but it should give aaaa(aaa


.*( should find any string to the appearance of (, but it finds any string to the last appearance, any idea why, and how to do this?

and what if the string ist
aaaa(aaaa(aaaa(aaa and i want to replace it to the second appearance


this is just a small example, but I hope it's clear what I mean


cheers

funksen
 

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gnome-appearance-properties

gnome-appearance-properties(1)					   User Commands				    gnome-appearance-properties(1)

NAME

       gnome-appearance-properties - configure GNOME desktop appearance

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-appearance-properties [--install-theme=file] [--show-page=page] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  GNOME  appearance preference tool enables you to select how your GNOME desktop is themed.  The theme controls the appearance of GNOME-
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OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -i, --install-theme=file        Installs the specified theme file.

       -p, --show-page=page	       Specify the page, or tab, to display.  The value can be: theme, background, fonts, or interface.

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more  infor-
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EXAMPLES

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EXIT STATUS

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FILES

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ATTRIBUTES

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       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
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SEE ALSO

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NOTES

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