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# 1  
Old 02-18-2020
Extract the string between 2 delimiters
using just sed

i am trying to extract the string between 2 delimiters
and print that string to the line above
i cant use the string name as it always different
the delimiters are
: -

this is what i have

Code:
https://example.com/live-hls/bla:bob-sd-blabla/playlist.m3u8

and i have tried this but it gets the text between the first : -

Code:
sed 's/[^:-]*:\([^:-]*\)-.*/\1/' file

this is whats needed using just sed

Code:
bob
https://example.com/live-hls/bla:bob-sd-blabla/playlist.m3u8

thanks
# 2  
Old 02-18-2020
how about for starters:
Code:
echo 'https://example.com/live-hls/bla:bob-sd-blabla/playlist.m3u8' | sed 's#.*:\([^-][^-]*\)-.*#\1#'

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# 3  
Old 02-18-2020
thanks for reply


that just prints bob


need to print to line above as in post one
# 4  
Old 02-18-2020
Hi
Code:
sed 's#.*:\([^-][^-]*\)-.*#\1\n&#'

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# 5  
Old 02-18-2020
@nezabudka

that works great
thank you



Quote:
Originally Posted by nezabudka
Hi
Code:
sed 's#.*:\([^-][^-]*\)-.*#\1\n&#'

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