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Old 04-25-2007
sed -e 's/\(.*\)%.*~\(.*\)%/\1\2/' input_file
# 9  
Old 04-25-2007
Code:
awk 'BEGIN { FS = "%" }
  { 
    n = split($2,array,"~")
    print $1 " " array[2]
  }
' "file"

output:
Code:
 # ./test.sh
XYZ-2066779
XYZ-000036480
XYZ-2056453 000082685
XYZ-3038583 00026
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