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# 1  
Old 03-24-2010
Simple Cut issue
I have a long string that looks something like this....
Code:
	<string>http://abc.com/40/20/zzz061-3472/dP3rXLpPPV2KC846nJ4VXpH7jt4b3LJgkL/tarfile_date.tar</string>

I need to but the tar file name. So I need to put between "/" and ".tar</string>". My desired result should be "tarfile_date".
# 2  
Old 03-24-2010
Try this :

Code:
echo "<string>http://abc.com/40/20/zzz061-3472/dP3rXLpPPV2KC846nJ4VXpH7jt4b3LJgkL/tarfile_date.tar</string>" |rev | 
awk -F '.' '{print $2}' | awk -F '/' '{print $1}' | rev

Last edited by Franklin52; 03-24-2010 at 01:49 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags.
# 3  
Old 03-24-2010
Or:

Code:
basename `sed -e 'sX<string>XXg' filename.txt|sed -e 'sX</string>XXg'`| awk -F '.' '{print $1'}

tarfile_date

Eliminate the XML delimiiters <string> and </string> to simplify the problem, then use "basename" to find the last string after the last "/". Then use awk to separate "tarfile_date" from "tarfile_date.tar".
# 4  
Old 03-24-2010
Or:
Code:
echo $string | sed 's!.*/\(.*\)\..*!\1!'

# 5  
Old 03-24-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Or:
Code:
echo $string | sed 's!.*/\(.*\)\..*!\1!'


Can you explain the above command execution.
# 6  
Old 03-24-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jairaj
Can you explain the above command execution.
Code:
sed 's!.*/\(.*\)\..*!\1!'

The command saves the part \(.*\) between the last slash .*/ and the last dot ..* and recall it as \1
# 7  
Old 03-24-2010
Code:
echo $string | grep -o -e '[^/.]*\.tar' | cut -d'.' -f1
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