How to parse strings in bash script

acid_kewpie · 05-11-2009, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

Code:

echo -e "commons-logging-1.1.8\njslt-13.4.5-84.1" | sed -r 's/^([-a-z\.]+)-(.+)/\1 \2/'|while read arti vers;do echo $arti;echo $vers ;echo "";done
commons-logging
1.1.8

jslt
13.4.5-84.1

Like that?

mr sledgehammer, meet mr nut.

crimson08 · 05-11-2009, 05:56 AM

sorry for asking too much... but what if the artifact has a number on it?
example:

jsr109-1.2.3

artifactId=jsr109
version=1.2.3

Tinkster · 05-11-2009, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinkster

Well ... as long as the "word" part of your artifactid
doesn't contain numbers, and the versions have no alpha
components it's still trivial.

If the conditions above DON'T apply I'd say you're
screwed unless you have a dictionary of your IDs,
since a parsing by lexicographic rules w/o language
knowledge is impossible.

cheers,
Tink

See above