Pattern search in a line

jitz · 12-06-2003, 03:50 AM

Is there a way to get the words in between two given patterns from a single line

druuna · 12-06-2003, 04:37 AM

This is a solution:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

TESTLINE="Unix and linux are great and wonderfull operating systems."

PATTERN_1="are"
PATTERN_2="operating"

echo "Original:"
echo "${TESTLINE}"
echo ""
echo "Words in between two patterns ('are' and 'operating'):"
echo ${TESTLINE} | sed "s/.*${PATTERN_1}\(.*\)${PATTERN_2}.*/\1/"

jitz · 12-06-2003, 04:50 AM

Thnks a lot buddy