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Thanks for the responses guys. My mistake trying to cut down the input file to be forum workable and missing out on that.

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awk 'NR==1022 && /String\042/ {...

Hi guys, got an issue with a relatively simple bit of awk but stumping me. Want this to run on several different lines. The first is:

INPUT="<Cell ss:StyleID="s70"><Data...

perfect, thanks very much tkleczek :b:

oh looking back that's my mistake.

need,

output: text1#text2#text3(var1 var2 var3)#text4(var4 var5 var6)

No error now but only doing the first occurance.

N="text1#text2#text3(var1#var2#var3)#text4(var4#var5#var6)"
N=`echo $N |
sed -e '
:a
s/^\([^(]*([^)#]*\)#\([^)]*).*\)/\1 \2/
ta
'`

echo...

Thanks for the effort, can't seem to get it to work though. gives me an error.

N="text1#text2#text3(var1#var2#var3)#text4(var4#var5#var6)"
N=`echo $N | sed ':a ;...

sorry to bump but looking for help with a slightly different input.

Tried changing parts around but a bit stumped.

N="text1#text2#text3(var1#var2#var3)" has changed to...

Thanks for that ghostdog74, all working now.

N="text1#text2#text3(var1#var2#var3)"

awk -v stringvar=$N 'BEGIN{
string = stringvar
start = index(string,"(")
end = index(string,")")
...

Hi guys, had a few days off :o


awk 'BEGIN{
string = "text1#text2#text3(var1#var2#var3)"
start = index(string,"(")
end = index(string,")")
tochange=substr(string,start,end-start+1)
...

Hi guys, trying to replace a '#' with a ' ' (space) but only between the brackets '(' and ')'

N="text1#text2#text3(var1#var2#var3)"

N=`echo $N |sed '/(/,/) s/#. //'`

echo $N

Looking for...

Thanks. worked it into a fix :)

Hi guys, not that used to using sed beyond the simple substitution. I am trying to check for a program (program1) and if it exists replace the standard output "program1" with a "program1(part1 part2)...

thanks, works perfectly and exactley what I was looking for. :b: