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Old 10-01-2013
sed - extracting the first word only if match
Hello.

from a text file, I want to get only the first word ( before blank ) following code=

Code:
grep -i -e "WORD1"  "/path/to/text/file.txt | sed -n 's/WORD1[ ]\+//p' | sed -n 's/code=/\1/p'

return an error.
Code:
sed: -e expression #1, char 12: invalid reference \1 on `s' command's RHS

For debugging I have try this

Code:
asus:~ # echo "WORD1 code1=value1-idkey1 code2=value1" |  sed -n 's/WORD1[ ]\+//p' | sed -n -e 's/code1=//p'
value1-idkey1 code2=value1
asus:~ #

Then to remove the end of the line I have try this, but get an error

Code:
asus:~ # echo "WORD1 code1=value1-idkey1 code2=value1"  |  sed -n 's/WORD1[ ]\+//p' | sed -n -e 's/code1=/\1/p'
sed: -e expression #1, char 13: invalid reference \1 on `s' command's RHS
asus:~ #

I want this :

Code:
asus:~ # echo "WORD1 code1=value1-idkey1 code2=value1"  |  sed -n 's/WORD1[ ]\+//p' | sed -n -e xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
value1-idkey1
asus:~ #

Any help is welcome.
# 2  
Old 10-01-2013
Hi,
You must catch argument if you want use this:
Code:
echo "WORD1 code1=value1-idkey1 code2=value1"  |  sed -n 's/.*code1=\([^ ]\+\).*/\1/p'

\1 ==> catch either \(...\)
Regards.
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# 3  
Old 10-01-2013
Include the WORD1 in the search
Code:
sed -n 's/WORD1[ ]\+code1=\([^ ]\+\).*/\1/p'

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# 4  
Old 10-02-2013
Code:
awk -F"[ =]" '/WORD1/ {print $3}' file
value1-idkey1

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# 5  
Old 10-02-2013
Thank you everybody.

But it would be great if you can explain how does it works.

Smilie
# 6  
Old 10-02-2013
sed:
the \1 in the substitution returns what is matched within the \( \) in the search.
The search must end with .*, so the rest of the line is discarded.
awk:
by using a clever set of field delimiters (" " and "=") the input line is split into "WORD1", "code1", "value1-idkey1", "code2", "value1"
They can be referenced as $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, respectively.
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# 7  
Old 10-03-2013
Here's another example:
Code:
echo "WORD1 code1=value1-idkey1 code2=value1" | perl -pe "s;.*?=(\S+).*;\1;"
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