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# 1  
Old 06-09-2009
Extracting line from a file
Hi,

I would like to extract a certain portion of sentences from a particular sentence i.e. to extract the last section embrace by []

input
[111] [SEND][abc.q][123456]
[122341] [SEND][ertgh.q][abcdef]

output
[123456]
[abcdef]

Please advice.

Cheers
# 2  
Old 06-09-2009
Code:
echo '[122341] [SEND][ertgh.q][abcdef]' | nawk -F'[]]|[[]' '{print "[" $(NF-1) "]"}'
echo '[122341] [SEND][ertgh.q][abcdef]' | sed 's/.*\(\[.*\]\)/\1/'
echo '[122341] [SEND][ertgh.q][abcdef]' | sed 's/.*\[/[/'

Last edited by vgersh99; 06-09-2009 at 02:56 PM..
# 3  
Old 06-09-2009
Thank you very much

-----Post Update-----

Hi,

If i would extract the 1st section and last section of a line

input
2009-05-06 19:48:46.857 INFO - [00001] [184] [AA][1q][ABC]

output
2009-05-06 19:48:46.857 [ABC]

Cheers
# 4  
Old 06-10-2009
Hi,

Need advise on the following:

to extract the first and last section of a lines.

input
2009-05-06 19:48:46.857 INFO - [00001] [184] [AA][1q][ABC]

output
2009-05-06 19:48:46.857 [ABC]

cheers
# 5  
Old 06-10-2009
Code:
echo '2009-05-06 19:48:46.857 INFO - [00001] [184] [AA][1q][ABC]' | nawk -F'[]]|[[]|INFO' '{print $1, "[" $(NF-1) "]"}'

# 6  
Old 06-10-2009
hi if would like to get the same kind of result with the output, can you guide me here please

<A>213444555</A><B>

I just want to get the phone number from the there from the file in between <A> and </A>

Thanks
# 7  
Old 06-10-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by imran721
hi if would like to get the same kind of result with the output, can you guide me here please

<A>213444555</A><B>

I just want to get the phone number from the there from the file in between <A> and </A>

Thanks
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