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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers sed Command Output Post 302969495 by MadeInGermany on Wednesday 23rd of March 2016 08:23:47 AM
Old 03-23-2016
The text in between is captured in \( \) and re-inserted by the \1
A simpler coding is
Code:
sed 's/^"//; s/"$//' <filename>

Remove at the start a ", then remove a " at the end.
 

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NAME

       lurker-params -- parses parameters from the config file

SYNOPSIS

       lurker-params [-c <config-file>]  [-f <locale>]	[-d -u -a -n -e -x -m -i -k -w -h -r]

DESCRIPTION

       lurker-params  outputs various lurker settings from the config file for use in shell scripts.  Do not use sed/grep/etc, instead use this as
       it respects include.

OPTIONS

       -c config-file
		 Use this config file for lurker settings.

       -f locale Choose lurker config fields from the specified locale (it defaults to selecting the fallback case for each field).

       -d	 Output only the dbdir parameter

       -u	 Output only the db_umask parameter

       -a	 Output only the archive parameter

       -n	 Output only the administrator name

       -e	 Output only the administrator email address

       -x	 Output only the xslt processing command

       -m	 Output only the mime pgp verifying command

       -i	 Output only the inline pgp verifying command

       -k	 Output only the command for deleting a message

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SEE ALSO

       lurker-index(1), lurker-prune(1), lurker-list(1), lurker-search(1)

       lurker documentation on http://lurker.sourceforge.net/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002: Wesley W. Terpstra <terpstra@users.sourceforge.net>

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as  published	by
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