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# 1  
Old 08-04-2008
FInd the String between Two words
Hi
I would like know how can write a script for find a string between two words.

My input like this:

a1 IN a1a1a1a1a1a1 OUT
b1 IN b1b1b1b1b1b1 OUT
c1 IN c1c1c1c1c1c1 OUT
.
.
.


now my out put like:

a1a1a1a1a1a1
b1b1b1b1b1b1
c1c1c1c1c1c1

please help on this.
# 2  
Old 08-04-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver There are many possible solutions, but here are three
Code:
> cat infile
a1 IN a1a1a1a1a1a1 OUT
b1 IN b1b1b1b1b1b1 OUT
c1 IN c1c1c1c1c1c1 OUT

> cat infile | awk '{print $3}'
a1a1a1a1a1a1
b1b1b1b1b1b1
c1c1c1c1c1c1

> cat infile | sed 's/IN /~/' | sed 's/ OUT/~/' | cut -d"~" -f2
a1a1a1a1a1a1
b1b1b1b1b1b1
c1c1c1c1c1c1

> cat infile | tr " " "\n" | grep [a-z][0-9][a-z]
a1a1a1a1a1a1
b1b1b1b1b1b1
c1c1c1c1c1c1

# 3  
Old 08-04-2008
Thanks yar.....
# 4  
Old 08-04-2008
With Perl:

Code:
perl -nle'print /IN (.*?) OUT/' input

# 5  
Old 08-04-2008
thanks for different solutions...
# 6  
Old 08-04-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by koti_rama
My input like this:

a1 IN a1a1a1a1a1a1 OUT
b1 IN b1b1b1b1b1b1 OUT
c1 IN c1c1c1c1c1c1 OUT
.
.
.

now my out put like:

a1a1a1a1a1a1
b1b1b1b1b1b1
c1c1c1c1c1c1

please help on this.

Code:
cut -d ' ' -f3 FILENAME

(Note that cat is not needed for this or the other solutions posted.)
# 7  
Old 08-05-2008
Code:
awk '{print $3}' filename

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