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Old 12-18-2008, 11:01 AM   #1
mierdatuti
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How to remove a value with sed


Hi,

I have this:

bash-2.03$ echo $pepe
hola adios kkk

I would like this:

pepe=adios kkk

I would like remove the first field of the pepe variable, but with a condition, I don't know the value of the fields.

I'm trying with sed but I can't:

bash-2.03$ echo $pepe | sed "s/.*\ \(.*\).*$/var1=\1/"
var1=kkk

Could you say me how with sed?

Many thanks and sorry for my english!
 
Old 12-18-2008, 12:06 PM   #2
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If the name of variable ($pepe) and its content
Code:
hola adios kkk
never change... the solution is trivial:
Code:
echo $pepe | sed "s/^hola /pepe=/"
The problem is tricker if the variable's name changes,
or you have a different content or word to substitute...,
for ex. you want to obtain...
Code:
pepe=adios kkk
 
Old 12-18-2008, 02:28 PM   #3
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to operate on specific fields--where the content can vary---you are better off with something like AWK.

It CAN be done in SED.....You would have to write a Regex which matches the first group of characters that are NOT spaces, followed by a space. This seems to work, but is probably not the best solution:
sed 's/.[^ ]* //' filename
(The . is there to keep it from failing when there is a leading space.)

Really good tutorial on SED, AWK, and more here: http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/
 
Old 12-18-2008, 05:36 PM   #4
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Is this what you want?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
pepe="hola adios xxx"
echo pepe = ${pepe}
declare pepe="$(echo $pepe | sed 's/.[^[:space:]]*[[:space:]]*\(.*$\)/\1/')"
echo pepe = ${pepe}
 
  


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