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# 1  
Old 06-01-2016
Wrench sed works on Linux but fails on Solaris
Hi,

On Linux i get the desired ouput:

Code:
echo "<value>WEB_USER</value>" | sed 's/\(<value>\|<\/value>\)//g'

Output:
Quote:
WEB_USER
Executing the same command on Solaris:

Code:
echo "<value>WEB_USER</value>" | sed 's/\(<value>\|<\/value>\)//g'

Output:
Quote:
<value>WEB_USER</value>
I need to get the desired output on Solaris i.e. WEB_USER and not <value>WEB_USER</value>

Why does it not behave the same on both OS ?
Note: Solaris:
Code:
bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS mymac 5.10 Generic_150400-23 sun4v sparc sun4v

# 2  
Old 06-01-2016
Hello mohtashims,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.
Code:
echo "<value>WEB_USER</value>" | sed 's/<value>//g;s/<\/value>//g'

Output will be as follows.
Code:
WEB_USER

Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 06-01-2016 at 06:20 AM.. Reason: Changed solution a bit, thanks to Rudi.
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# 3  
Old 06-01-2016
Seems like alternation doesn't work on your solaris sed. Try

Code:
echo "<value>WEB_USER</value>" | sed 's/<value>//;s/<\/value>//'
WEB_USER

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# 4  
Old 06-01-2016
Thank you both the suggestions work.

But can i have a code that runs on both linux and solaris ?
# 5  
Old 06-01-2016
Above SHOULD run on both. Did you try?
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