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linux:basics [2019/04/18 10:19]
mstraub [Regular Expressions]
linux:basics [2019/08/12 17:06]
mstraub [Regular Expressions]
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 <code bash> <code bash>
 sed -E '​s#​(.*),​(.*)#​\1;​\2#​g'​ #replace a single comma with a semicolon sed -E '​s#​(.*),​(.*)#​\1;​\2#​g'​ #replace a single comma with a semicolon
 +</​code>​
 +
 +However, even with extended expressions ''​sed''​ does not support non-greedy expressions as it is possible with PCRE (perl compatible regular expressions). A good resort is to simply use ''​perl''​ itself:
 +
 +<code bash>
 +perl -pe '​s/​.*thevalue="​(.*?​)"​.*/​\1/​g'​ file.txt
 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
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