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# 1  
Old 02-23-2011
extraction
I have following input

Code:
@xxxxxx@

I want to extract what's between @....@ that is : xxxx

using SED command
# 2  
Old 02-23-2011
Code:
sed 's/@\([^@]*\)@/\1/g' infile

or just delete the @ if possible
Code:
tr -d '@' < infile

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Old 02-23-2011
Or:
Code:
sed 's/@//' file

sed 's/\.\(.*\)\./\1/' file

sed 's/@\(.*\)@/\1/' file

awk -F"@" '{print $2}' file

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Old 02-23-2011
i dont want to delete '@' i only want to extract the contents between @...@

my input file is this:

Code:
yyyyyyy@xxxxx@yyyyy

I want to extract xxxx from this...
# 5  
Old 02-23-2011
There is several non-deleting solutions up there. Pick one, try it out.
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# 6  
Old 02-23-2011
this one worked:
Code:
awk -F"@" '{print $2}' file

Last edited by zaxxon; 02-23-2011 at 08:31 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 7  
Old 02-23-2011
You gotta thank Franklin, not me Smilie
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