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# 8  
Old 03-17-2010
Try:
Code:
sed -n '/(/{s/.*(//;s/).*$//p;q}' infile

# 9  
Old 03-17-2010
Hi Scrutinizer,

Getting error Smilie
Code:
sed -n '/(/{s/.*(//;s/).*$//p;q}' infile
sed: command garbled: /(/{s/.*(//;s/).*$//p;q}

Last edited by vbe; 03-18-2010 at 12:04 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 10  
Old 03-17-2010
Are you on Solaris? If so, try /usr/xpg4/bin/sed .
# 11  
Old 03-17-2010
please find my system version "SunOS suriya 5.8 Generic_127721-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire"
Last edited by suriyavignesh; 03-18-2010 at 11:12 AM..
# 12  
Old 03-17-2010
That is Solaris 8.
# 13  
Old 03-18-2010
Thanks a lot team..
Code:
egrep "([(].*?[)])" $FILENAME | sed "s,[\(|\"|\)],,g" | cut -d ' ' -f 9-

the above command is working.Hence closing the thread
Last edited by vbe; 03-18-2010 at 12:04 PM.. Reason: code tags please!
 
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