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Old 03-24-2011
extract word from bracket - shell
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i want to extract the words in ()

eg: string1="bla bla (aaa) aha hai (aa)"

after processing output i need is : aaa aa
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Old 03-24-2011
Code:
echo "$string1"| awk -F"[()]" '{print $2, $4}'

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Old 03-24-2011
Thanks..
Thanks Franklin..

i got one more..

echo "asdfsdf asdf dsads.(aaa)" |sed 's/"//g' | sed 's/)//g' | awk -F"(" '{print $2}'
Last edited by linuxadmin; 03-24-2011 at 05:25 AM.. Reason: to change to table..
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