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Old 03-02-2009
Extract The File Path using SED
hi,

I have a file path like usr/scripts/pass/bin and usr/scripts/pass/line

I want to extract first three characters using sed

Like for path usr/scripts/pass/bin i want to extract usr/scripts/pass
and for path usr/scripts/pass/line i want to extract usr/scripts/pass
# 2  
Old 03-02-2009
Code:
man dirname

# 3  
Old 03-02-2009
thanks..but it does not solve my purpose...lets say that we have a text file, in which we want to extract first three characters seprated by '/'(slash)...it can be implemented by SED...but i don't know how to do it :-(
# 4  
Old 03-02-2009
Code:
sed 's/\([^\/]*\/[^\/]*\/[^\/]*\)\/.*/\1/' infile

# 5  
Old 03-02-2009
thanks....

It worked...

What if i want extract only the third character....

like for usr/scripts/pass/bin i only want pass
# 6  
Old 03-02-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diggi
thanks....

It worked...

What if i want extract only the third character....

like for usr/scripts/pass/bin i only want pass
Code:
 awk -F"/" '{print $3}' infile

# 7  
Old 03-02-2009
Code:
echo 'usr/scripts/pass/bin'|sed 's!.*/\(.*\)/.*!\1!'
pass

Code:
echo 'usr/scripts/pass/bin'|sed 's!\(.*\)/.*!\1!'
usr/scripts/pass

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