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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Replacing text between two square brackets Post 302476744 by ctsgnb on Thursday 2nd of December 2010 11:53:54 AM
Old 12-02-2010
Code:
# echo "0001  zz 43242 [replace this text] name" | sed '/^0001/s/\[.*\]/anything/'
0001  zz 43242 anything name

Code:
# cat input
0001  zz 43242 [replace this text] name
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0001  zz 43242 [replace this text] name
0001  zz 43242 [replace this text] name
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0001  zz 43242 [replace this text] name
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country

# sed '/^0001/s/\[.*\]/anything/' input
0001  zz 43242 anything name
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0001  zz 43242 anything name
0001  zz 43242 anything name
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0001  zz 43242 anything name
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country
0002  sd 65466 [UK] country

#

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GIT-MAILSPLIT(1)						    Git Manual							  GIT-MAILSPLIT(1)

NAME
git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program SYNOPSIS
git mailsplit [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] [--keep-cr] -o<directory> [--] [(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...] DESCRIPTION
Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" .. in the specified directory so you can process them further from there. Important Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output patches in the correct order. OPTIONS
<mbox> Mbox file to split. If not given, the mbox is read from the standard input. <Maildir> Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp and new subdirectories. -o<directory> Directory in which to place the individual messages. -b If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a single mail message instead of signaling error. -d<prec> Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros, different precision can be specified for the generated filenames. -f<nn> Skip the first <nn> numbers, for example if -f3 is specified, start the numbering with 0004. --keep-cr Do not remove from lines ending with . GIT
Part of the git(1) suite Git 1.7.10.4 11/24/2012 GIT-MAILSPLIT(1)
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