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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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geoip_country_code_by_name - Get the two letter country code

SYNOPSIS
string geoip_country_code_by_name (string $hostname) DESCRIPTION
The geoip_country_code_by_name(3) function will return the two letter country code corresponding to a hostname or an IP address. PARAMETERS
o $hostname - The hostname or IP address whose location is to be looked-up. RETURN VALUES
Returns the two letter ISO country code on success, or FALSE if the address cannot be found in the database. EXAMPLES
Example #1 A geoip_country_code_by_name(3) example This will print where the host example.com is located. <?php $country = geoip_country_code_by_name('www.example.com'); if ($country) { echo 'This host is located in: ' . $country; } ?> The above example will output: This host is located in: US NOTES
Caution Please see http://www.maxmind.com/en/iso3166 for a complete list of possible return values, including special codes. SEE ALSO
geoip_country_code3_by_name(3), geoip_country_name_by_name(3). PHP Documentation Group GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE_BY_NAME(3)
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