Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] sed/awk question
Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:55:47
Message-Id:	`CAC=wYCE+23AJT7vbjeq3iu6f9DC65j4jMc0ky5vNKBitSNjHgw@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] sed/awk question by Joseph Davis

1	> I'd use sed and the regex "-[0-9]" to delimit the field
2	>
3	>
4	> foo=`echo '123--bad-2xyz-3--' \| sed -r -e "s/-[0-9].*//"`
5	> echo $foo
6	> 123--bad
7	>
8	>
9	> Helpful?
10
11	Perfect - thanks!