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use SED, stream editor with regular expression:

Code:

$ echo _PBCS_URL_TST=https://pln-test-a503777.pbcs.us6.ocloud.com |sed -E 's/.*?-([^.]+)\..*/\1/g'

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swfextract

swfextract(1)							     swftools							     swfextract(1)

NAME

       swfextract - a tool for extracting data out of swf files.

Synopsis
       swfextract [options] [file.swf]

DESCRIPTION

       swfextracts allows one to extract swf movieclips and objects out of swf files.

       SWF files are animation files which can be displayed in Web Browsers using the Flash Plugin.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Print short help message and exit

       -o, --output filename
	      Write output to file filename

       -V, --version
	      Print version info and exit

       -i, --id ids
	      ids is a range of IDs to extract. E.g. 1-10,14

       -j, --jpegs ids
	      ids is a range of JPEG IDs to extract. E.g. 1-2,3,14-

       -p, --pngs ids
	      ids is a range of PNG IDs to extract. E.g. -10,20-30

       -f, --frame frames
	      frames is a range of frames to extract. E.g. 1-10,20-30,40-

       -n, --name name
	      Set the name of the object to extract to name.

       -w, --hollow
	      Copy empty frames to the output file, too.

       -P, --placeobject
	      Copy  original  placeobject  tag	for the given object into the output file (Use with -i). This means that the object is at the same
	      position in the generated movie as in the original movie.

       -j, --jpegs range
	      Extract jpeg pictures in range

       -p, --pngs range
	      Extract png pictures in range

       -m, --mp3
	      Extract main mp3 stream (There may be substreams in the Movieclips, as well. To extract these, first extract the Movieclips with	-i
	      and then use -m)

AUTHOR

       Matthias Kramm <kramm@quiss.org>

swfdump 							   January 2003 						     swfextract(1)

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