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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to delete all character before certain word Post 302282537 by Corona688 on Saturday 31st of January 2009 04:09:22 PM
Old 01-31-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
With sed you do something like:

Code:
$
$ echo "123 456 abc 111 abc 222 abc 333" | sed 's/[^abc]*\(abc.*\)/\1/'
abc 111 abc 222 abc 333
$
$

Regards
That doesn't always work, since [^abc] matches characters, not a word:
Code:
echo "bca 123 456 abc 111 abc 222 abc 333" | sed 's/[^abc]*\(abc.*\)/\1/'
bcaabc 111 abc 222 abc 333
$

 

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list_clearinghouse

list clearinghouse(1m)													    list clearinghouse(1m)

NAME

       list clearinghouse - Displays a list of all the clearinghouses whose names match the specified clearinghouse name

SYNOPSIS

       cdscp list clearinghouse clearinghouse-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value]

ARGUMENTS

       The full name of a specific clearinghouse.  The last simple name can contain wildcard characters.  The name of a particular attribute.  The
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DESCRIPTION

       The list clearinghouse command displays a list of all the clearinghouses whose names match the specified name.  The last  simple  name  can
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