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# 1  
Old 03-31-2010
Separate fields
Hi everyone!

I have a field like that:

Quote:
xxxxyyyRfffhhhhh
aaFbbbdddccc
I need to keep
Quote:
var1=xxxxyyy
var2=R
var3=fffhhhhh

var1=aa
var2=F
var3=bbbdddccc
I don't know how to use the Capital character like a separator and how to keep only this one...
I guess sed could do something like that...

ThanksSmilie
# 2  
Old 03-31-2010
Using sed ....

Code:
# echo "xxxxyyyRfffhhhhh" | sed "s/\(.*\)[A-Z]\(.*\)/\1/"
xxxxyyy
# echo "xxxxyyyRfffhhhhh" | sed "s/\(.*\)[A-Z]\(.*\)/\2/"
fffhhhhh
#

Thanks,
Penchal

---------- Post updated at 04:50 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:48 AM ----------

using awk

Code:
# echo "xxxxyyyRfffhhhhh" | awk -F'[A-Z]' '{print $1,$2}'
xxxxyyy fffhhhhh

Last edited by radoulov; 03-31-2010 at 06:53 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags!
# 3  
Old 03-31-2010
Thanks!!

And how to keep the Capital character?

I tried sed "s/\(.*\)([A-Z])\(.*\)/\2/" but it didn't work... Do you have a solution?

---------- Post updated at 10:00 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:54 AM ----------

sed "s/\(.*\)\([A-Z]\)\(.*\)/\2/" is working!!

Great thank you!
# 4  
Old 03-31-2010
try this
Code:
 
$ echo "xxxxyyyRfffhhhhh" |awk -F[A-Z] '{printf "%s\n%s\n%s\n",$1,substr($0,length($1)+1,1),$2}
xxxxyyy
R
fffhhhhh

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