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Old 04-08-2008
sed remove everything up to the pattern
I have been search all over the internet to find a solution to this.
I have a file that looks like:

-a ItemConfig.custom=true
-a Config.custom=true
go -t malu
-t Use=true

I want to get "malu" as output, and the werid thing is the blank before go is neither space nor tab.
what's the sed command to get the line contains "go -t" and remove everything up to -t????Smilie
# 2  
Old 04-08-2008
Run your file thru od to see the control character embedded in it and then work on the sed.

Code:
od -c file

# 3  
Old 04-08-2008
Hope this helps point you in the right direction:

sed -ne '/go/s/go -t //p' file.txt

returns only 'malu'

More info here:
http://sed.sourceforge.net/sed1line.txt
# 4  
Old 04-08-2008
Code:
sed -n 's/.*go -t //p'

to actually also remove anything weird before the "go".
# 5  
Old 04-08-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by katrvu
I have been search all over the internet to find a solution to this.
I have a file that looks like:

-a ItemConfig.custom=true
-a Config.custom=true
go -t malu
-t Use=true

I want to get "malu" as output, and the werid thing is the blank before go is neither space nor tab.
what's the sed command to get the line contains "go -t" and remove everything up to -t????Smilie
Code:
awk '/go/{print $NF}' file

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