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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting sed - Removing all characters from token to end of line Post 302786995 by jcdole on Thursday 28th of March 2013 01:42:45 PM
Old 03-28-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Think awk may be more appropriate, you can use its token splitting features to extract exactly what you want. Tell it that " splits columns and the token will always be the second column, i.e. $2.

FS is the special variable for column separator, so I'm just printing quote, token, quote.

Code:
awk -F"\"" '{ print FS $2 FS }' inputfile > outputfile

Great

But I Known very few with sed and nothing with awk.

Thank you for helping.

---------- Post updated at 18:42 ---------- Previous update was at 18:40 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by mirni
I agree that awk solution is more readable, but just for the heck of it, here is sed command that should do the trick:
Code:
sed 's/.*\("[^"]*"\).*/\1/'

Great

Thank you for helping.
 

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datetime::locale::to

DateTime::Locale::to(3) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   DateTime::Locale::to(3)

NAME

       DateTime::Locale::to

SYNOPSIS

	 use DateTime;

	 my $dt = DateTime->now( locale => 'to' );
	 print $dt->month_name();

DESCRIPTION

       This is the DateTime locale package for Tonga.

DATA

       This locale inherits from the DateTime::Locale::root locale.

       It contains the following data.

   Days
       Wide (format)

	 MXnite
	 Tusite
	 Pulelulu
	 TuXapulelulu
	 Falaite
	 Tokonaki
	 SXpate

       Abbreviated (format)

	 MXn
	 Tus
	 Pul
	 TuXa
	 Fal
	 Tok
	 SXp

       Narrow (format)

	 M
	 T
	 P
	 T
	 F
	 T
	 S

       Wide (stand-alone)

	 MXnite
	 Tusite
	 Pulelulu
	 TuXapulelulu
	 Falaite
	 Tokonaki
	 SXpate

       Abbreviated (stand-alone)

	 MXn
	 Tus
	 Pul
	 TuXa
	 Fal
	 Tok
	 SXp

       Narrow (stand-alone)

	 M
	 T
	 P
	 T
	 F
	 T
	 S

   Months
       Wide (format)

	 SXnuali
	 FXpueli
	 MaXasi
	 XEpeleli
	 MX
	 Sune
	 Siulai
	 XAokosi
	 SXpitema
	 XOkatopa
	 NXvema
	 Tisema

       Abbreviated (format)

	 SXn
	 FXp
	 MaXa
	 XEpe
	 MX
	 Sun
	 Siu
	 XAok
	 SXp
	 XOka
	 NXv
	 Tis

       Narrow (format)

	 S
	 F
	 M
	 E
	 M
	 S
	 S
	 A
	 S
	 O
	 N
	 T

       Wide (stand-alone)

	 SXnuali
	 FXpueli
	 MaXasi
	 XEpeleli
	 MX
	 Sune
	 Siulai
	 XAokosi
	 SXpitema
	 XOkatopa
	 NXvema
	 Tisema

       Abbreviated (stand-alone)

	 SXn
	 FXp
	 MaXa
	 XEpe
	 MX
	 Sun
	 Siu
	 XAok
	 SXp
	 XOka
	 NXv
	 Tis

       Narrow (stand-alone)

	 S
	 F
	 M
	 E
	 M
	 S
	 S
	 A
	 S
	 O
	 N
	 T

   Quarters
       Wide (format)

	 kuata Xuluaki
	 kuata ua
	 kuata tolu
	 kuata fX

       Abbreviated (format)

	 K1
	 K2
	 K3
	 K4

       Narrow (format)

	 1
	 2
	 3
	 4

       Wide (stand-alone)

	 kuata 1
	 kuata 2
	 kuata 3
	 kuata 4

       Abbreviated (stand-alone)

	 K1
	 K2
	 K3
	 K4

       Narrow (stand-alone)

	 1
	 2
	 3
	 4

   Eras
       Wide

	 ki muXa
	 taXu Xo SXsX

       Abbreviated

	 KM
	 TS

       Narrow

	 KXMX
	 TXSX

   Date Formats
       Full

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tusite 5 FXpueli 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Falaite 22 Tisema 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tokonaki 15 SXpitema -10

       Long

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXpueli 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tisema 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXpitema -10

       Medium

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXp 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tis 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXp -10

       Short

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05-02-2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-12-1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-09--010

       Default

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXp 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tis 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXp -10

   Time Formats
       Full

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 UTC
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 UTC
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 UTC

       Long

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30 UTC
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02 UTC
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23 UTC

       Medium

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23

       Short

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44

       Default

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 09:05:02
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 04:44:23

   Datetime Formats
       Full

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tusite 5 FXpueli 2008 18:30:30 UTC
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Falaite 22 Tisema 1995 09:05:02 UTC
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tokonaki 15 SXpitema -10 04:44:23 UTC

       Long

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXpueli 2008 18:30:30 UTC
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tisema 1995 09:05:02 UTC
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXpitema -10 04:44:23 UTC

       Medium

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXp 2008 18:30:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tis 1995 09:05:02
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXp -10 04:44:23

       Short

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 05-02-2008 18:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-12-1995 09:05
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-09--010 04:44

       Default

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXp 2008 18:30:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tis 1995 09:05:02
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXp -10 04:44:23

   Available Formats
       d (d)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15

       EEEd (d EEE)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 Tus
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Fal
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 Tok

       Hm (H:mm)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44

       hm (h:mm a)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30 EA
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05 HH
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44 HH

       Hms (H:mm:ss)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 18:30:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23

       hms (h:mm:ss a)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 6:30:30 EA
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 9:05:02 HH
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 4:44:23 HH

       M (L)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9

       Md (d-M)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5-2
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22-12
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15-9

       MEd (E d-M)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tus 5-2
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fal 22-12
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tok 15-9

       MMM (LLL)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = FXp
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Tis
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = SXp

       MMMd (d MMM)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXp
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tis
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXp

       MMMEd (E d MMM)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tus 5 FXp
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fal 22 Tis
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tok 15 SXp

       MMMMd (d MMMM)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 5 FXpueli
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 22 Tisema
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 15 SXpitema

       MMMMEd (E d MMMM)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tus 5 FXpueli
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fal 22 Tisema
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tok 15 SXpitema

       ms (mm:ss)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 30:30
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 05:02
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 44:23

       y (y)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10

       yM (M-yyyy)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2-2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12-1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 9--010

       yMEd (EEE d-M-yyyy)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tus 5-2-2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fal 22-12-1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tok 15-9--010

       yMMM (MMM y)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = FXp 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Tis 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = SXp -10

       yMMMEd (EEE d MMM y)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = Tus 5 FXp 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Fal 22 Tis 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = Tok 15 SXp -10

       yMMMM (MMMM y)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = FXpueli 2008
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Tisema 1995
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = SXpitema -10

       yQ (yyyy Q)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 1
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 4
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -010 3

       yQQQ (y QQQ)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 2008 K1
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 1995 K4
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = -10 K3

       yyMM (MM-yy)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 02-08
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 12-95
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 09--10

       yyMMM (MMM yy)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = FXp 08
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = Tis 95
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = SXp -10

       yyQ (Q yy)

	  2008-02-05T18:30:30 = 1 08
	  1995-12-22T09:05:02 = 4 95
	 -0010-09-15T04:44:23 = 3 -10

   Miscellaneous
       Prefers 24 hour time?

       Yes

       Local first day of the week

       MXnite

SUPPORT

       See DateTime::Locale.

AUTHOR

       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2008 David Rolsky. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
       same terms as Perl itself.

       This module was generated from data provided by the CLDR project, see the LICENSE.cldr in this distribution for details on the CLDR data's
       license.

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