[SOLVED] how to get only the first alphabet pattern from a input?
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That's what it does; you get the leading xx-yyyy-zzzz; just try it.
If unless you wanted something else, please show a before and after example to clarify.
That's what it does; you get the leading xx-yyyy-zzzz; just try it.
If unless you wanted something else, please show a before and after example to clarify.
If you see my second post particulalry.. i changed the input. it doesn't contain zzzz.
If i use your command.. it gives the following out put...
[user@mc ~]$ echo xx-yyyy-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20021007git.8.amzn1.x86_64|cut -d'-' -f1,2,3
xx-yyyy-4.999.9
If input is xx-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20021007git.8.amzn1.x86_64 should get xx
& xx-4.99 should get xx
& abcd-2.555.6666.8885 should get abcd
& xx-yyyyy-zzzz-wwww-20021007git.8 should get xx-yyyyy-zzzz-wwww
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