[SOLVED] sed print matching pattern

trscookie · 03-02-2016, 07:40 PM

Hello all,

I've been trying to print out a matching pattern so I can rename my files accordingly, I am trying to use sed to match the 'S01E01 etc but have not had much joy:

Code:

echo myvid\ S01E01\ \[1080p\]\ \[dfgfdg\]\ \[x264\].mp4 | sed -n '/^(S[0-9][0-9]E[0-9][0-9])$/p'

syg00 · 03-02-2016, 07:51 PM

Not surprising - that regex (particularly the use of anchors) has no chance of matching.

Use the right tool: grep -o.
And remove all that is not relevant from the search argument.

trscookie · 03-02-2016, 07:58 PM

exactly what I was after, cheers

grail · 03-03-2016, 02:09 AM

I would add, that if you simply quote the text you will not need any of the back slashes.

You may also want to look up the rename command as well. Similar syntax to sed.