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# 1  
Old 08-17-2011
Split a special char
Hello,

I have some data in output file.In that i need to split the special char "(" and ")" and store it.

This is example of o/p file.
(OHC12345)
(OHC12415)
(OHC12765)
(OHC12545)

I need like
OHC12345
OHC12415
OHC12765
OHC12545

--Thanks
# 2  
Old 08-17-2011
Code:
sed 's/(\([^)]*\))/\1/g' INPUTFILE >OUTPUTFILE

# 3  
Old 08-17-2011
Code:
 
$ nawk -F"[)(]" '{print $2}' inputfile
OHC12345
OHC12415
OHC12765
OHC12545

---------- Post updated at 12:00 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:45 AM ----------

Code:
 
$ echo "(one)" | sed -e 's/)//' -e 's/(//'
one

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# 4  
Old 08-17-2011
Thank you.it is working fine...
# 5  
Old 08-17-2011
Some working ASCII art Smilie
Code:
sed  's [ (`:>`) ]  g' INPUTFILE
sed  's (*\|/\|/*)  g' INPUTFILE

# 6  
Old 08-17-2011
Alternatively..
Code:
tr -d '()' < inputfile
sed 's/[()]//g' inputfile

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