[SOLVED] sed command not matching?

Eppo · 03-26-2012, 11:03 AM

ok, so i'm trying to match this line with sed:

Code:

Sales ID: JWM/NZF                                      Period Ending: 03/17/2012

or this line:

Code:

Sales ID: NZF                                      Period Ending: 03/17/2012

so if i use this:

Code:

sed -n '/Sales ID:\s\w\w\w\/'NZF'/,/Totals:/p'

it will match fine, but i would like to capture a 2 word character ID before the /.
so if i try use replace the \w\w\w with \w+ it doesnt work, and if i try to replace it with \w{2,3} it also doesnt work.
What am i doing wrong
Thanks for your help.

Joe

anomie · 03-26-2012, 11:26 AM

Try escaping the brackets:

Code:

$ sed -n '/^Sales ID:\s\w\{2,3\}/p' input.txt

Eppo · 03-26-2012, 12:10 PM

Worked like a charm.
Thanks

grail · 03-26-2012, 12:11 PM

As the second example doesn't have a slash in the same spot ... what should be returned? ie. still both lines?