07-22-2011
Getting part of a filename
Hi All,
I'm trying to get part of a filename and my skill with regular expression are lacking. I know I need to use SED but have no idea how to use it. I'm hoping that someone can help me out. The file names would be:
prefix<partwewant>suffix.extension
the prefix and suffix are always 3 characters and always the same [ABC, XYZ]. eg.
ABCN204867362XYZ.jpg
ABCC2039458XYZ.jpg
ABC2049583XYZ.jpg
Any ideas on how I can extract the middle part of the name?
Thanks in advance
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