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# 8  
Old 09-04-2008
vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms| grep -v Vmid | awk -F"[" '{print $1}' | sed -e 's/[ !0-9]*//'

Got the right one after doing this

Thanks everybody who helped
# 9  
Old 09-04-2008
Code:
#!/bin/bash
while read -r line
do
    line=${line%%[*}
    set -- ${line}
    echo $2
done < file

# 10  
Old 09-04-2008
Code:
cat file | sed 's/\(.*\/\)\(.*\)\(\.vmx.*\)/\2/'
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