[sed] print until a ":" is found


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting [sed] print until a ":" is found
# 1  
Old 04-12-2011
[sed] print until a ":" is found

Hello,

I have a string like this: "./file-name.in:some text" (without quotes)

And need to extract the filename to delete the line containing "some text". I'm using this command for the 1st part, but it doesnt work:

sed 's/\:[a-zA-Z]+$/\$/ p'

Any help guys?
thanks!
# 2  
Old 04-12-2011
Code:
$ echo "./file-name.in:some text" | ruby -e 'puts gets.split(":").first'
./file-name.in

# 3  
Old 04-12-2011
Code:
VAR="./file-name.in:some text"
echo ${VAR%%:*}

# 4  
Old 04-12-2011
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
mString="./file-name.in:some text"
mFname=$(echo $mString | sed 's#..\(.*\):.*#\1#')
echo "mFname <$mFname>"
mSText=$(echo $mString | sed 's#..*:\(.*\)#\1#')
echo "mFname <$mSText>
egrep -v "$mString" $mFname

# 5  
Old 04-12-2011
Code:
var=./file-name.in:some text
echo `expr "$var" : '\(.*\):.*'`
./file-name.in

Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bash script - Print an ascii file using specific font "Latin Modern Mono 12" "regular" "9"

Hello. System : opensuse leap 42.3 I have a bash script that build a text file. I would like the last command doing : print_cmd -o page-left=43 -o page-right=22 -o page-top=28 -o page-bottom=43 -o font=LatinModernMono12:regular:9 some_file.txt where : print_cmd ::= some printing... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jcdole
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Why awk print is strange when I set FS = " " instead of FS = "\t"?

Look at the following data file(cou.data) which has four fields separated by tab. Four fields are country name, land area, population, continent where it belongs. As for country name or continent name which has two words, two words are separated by space. (Data are not accurately... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: chihuyu
1 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to use "cut" or "awk" or "sed" to remove a string

logs: "/home/abc/public_html/index.php" "/home/abc/public_html/index.php" "/home/xyz/public_html/index.php" "/home/xyz/public_html/index.php" "/home/xyz/public_html/index.php" how to use "cut" or "awk" or "sed" to get the following result: abc abc xyz xyz xyz (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: timmywong
8 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

awk command to replace ";" with "|" and ""|" at diferent places in line of file

Hi, I have line in input file as below: 3G_CENTRAL;INDONESIA_(M)_TELKOMSEL;SPECIAL_WORLD_GRP_7_FA_2_TELKOMSEL My expected output for line in the file must be : "1-Radon1-cMOC_deg"|"LDIndex"|"3G_CENTRAL|INDONESIA_(M)_TELKOMSEL"|LAST|"SPECIAL_WORLD_GRP_7_FA_2_TELKOMSEL" Can someone... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: shis100
7 Replies

5. Solaris

How to check "faulty" or "stalled" print queues - SAP systems?

Hi all, First off, sorry for a long post but I think I have no other option if I need to explain properly what I need help for. I need some advise on how best to check for "faulty" or "stalled/jammed' print queues. At the moment, I have three (3) application servers which also acts as print... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie_01
0 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to print range of lines using sed when pattern has special character "["

Hi, My input has much more lines, but few of them are below pin(IDF) { direction : input; drc_pinsigtype : signal; pin(SELDIV6) { direction : input; drc_pinsigtype : ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nehashine
3 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

cat $como_file | awk /^~/'{print $1","$2","$3","$4}' | sed -e 's/~//g'

hi All, cat file_name | awk /^~/'{print $1","$2","$3","$4}' | sed -e 's/~//g' Can this be done by using sed or awk alone (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: harshakusam
4 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

grep '\~' b | awk '{print $1","$3}' | sed -e 's/~//g'

Hi all, grep '\~' b | awk '{print $1","$3}' | sed -e 's/~//g' Iam using above command for some report... can this be done using any one of them either sed or awk or grep... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: harshakusam
3 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Explain the line "mn_code=`env|grep "..mn"|awk -F"=" '{print $2}'`"

Hi Friends, Can any of you explain me about the below line of code? mn_code=`env|grep "..mn"|awk -F"=" '{print $2}'` Im not able to understand, what exactly it is doing :confused: Any help would be useful for me. Lokesha (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Lokesha
4 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question