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Old 04-05-2012
Replace everything but pattern in a line using sed

I have a file with multiple lines like this:

Code:
<junk><PATTERN><junk><PATTERN><junk>
<junk><PATTERN><junk><PATTERN><junk><PATTERN><junk>

Note that
1. There might be variable number occurrences of PATTERN in a line.
2. <> are just placeholders, they do not form part of the pattern.

I need to replace all the <junk> with a nice separator, like a comma.

So I am left with, in the above case

Code:
,PATTERN,PATTERN,
,PATTERN,PATTERN,PATTERN,

In my case, PATTERN has the pattern "AB:" followed by 9 digits.

I am able to replace the pattern with comma, using the following command -

Code:
sed 's/\(AB\:[0-9]\{9\}\)/,/g' <input_file>

So I thought replacing everything BUT the pattern should be just one step further - but I am not able to find a solution. Isn't there a way to do this using sed, using the ! operator? I am not able to put my finger on the solution. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

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