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Old 06-29-2011
Extract words from a pipe
Hello,

Currently, I have this output from my application :
Code:
-------------------------------------------------
Log viewer/Tmp1 (Jun 29 2011 09:48)
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BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
-------------------------------------------------
Log viewer/Tmp3 (Jun 29 2011 09:48)
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BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Log viewer/Tmp350 (Jun 29 2011 09:48)
---------- DB SPECIFIC ------------------------------------------------------------------
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
-------------------------------------------------
Log viewer/TmpA (Jun 29 2011 09:48)
-------------------------------------------------
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
BlalbalbaBlalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba..Blalbalba....
-------------------------------------------------
Log viewer/TmpA (Jun 29 2011 09:48)
-------------------------------------------------
.....
-------------------------------------------------
Log viewer/TmpN (Jun 29 2011 09:48)
-------------------------------------------------

And I want extarct this information:
Code:
Tmp1
Tmp3
Tmp350
TmpA
TmpA
TmpN

Currntly I'm using this command :
Code:
MyApplication | grep -E '^Log viewer/' | awk -F"/" '{print $NF}'

But it's doesn't work well and it is ungly like hell Smilie

Con you help me ?

Thanks by advance,

Acid
Last edited by Franklin52; 06-29-2011 at 05:09 AM.. Reason: adding code tags for code
# 2  
Old 06-29-2011
Code:
MyApplication | awk -F"[ /]" '/^Log viewer/{print $3}'

# 3  
Old 06-29-2011
Could u try with SED

Code:
grep -E '^Log viewer/' | sed 's:\(.*\)/\(.*\) (\(.*\):\2:'

Last edited by radoulov; 06-29-2011 at 05:24 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
# 4  
Old 06-29-2011
Code:
 
perl -0lne 'print "$1\n" while /Log viewer\/(\w+)/g' input

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