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Old 10-16-2013
Seach for a string following a particular string in a file
All,
I have a file like ;
Code:
...  covers bhjl;
...  khkjhk..  covers vjgj;
.. bvjhy.. bkhk..  covers bjhk;

Now I want to search all strings that follows covers and then write them in a new file. I want to use perl script for that.

Output file should conatian:
Code:
bhjl
vjgj
bjhk

Regards
Anamika

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Mod Comment Start using code tags as already asked for.
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-16-2013 at 08:38 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 10-16-2013
does "cover" always appear once per line ?
does "cover" always appear before the last word of the line ?
# 3  
Old 10-16-2013
yes..it will appear one in a line.

---------- Post updated at 04:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 04:29 AM ----------

yes..it will appear once in a line and it will come just before the last word of that line. But there can be other lines that does not conatin cover. I do not have to do anything with them.
# 4  
Old 10-16-2013
Are you willing to also remove the ending semicolon ";" for the lines containing "cover" ?
# 5  
Old 10-16-2013
Yes.. It should be removed. I need only the word next to cover.
# 6  
Old 10-16-2013
Code:
sed '/cover/s/[ ]*;$//;s/.*cover //' yourfile

# 7  
Old 10-16-2013
Will it work for perl.. I want in perl...

---------- Post updated at 05:09 AM ---------- Previous update was at 05:07 AM ----------

Will it work for perl ???I want to run for perl in windows....
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