serjosh
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Pull a string out of a string in a shell script
I have a linux shell script that contains a variable with a very long string in it. I need to pull a string out of that very long string. The string will start with "oct 19" and end with "blahblah". But the number of characters in between will vary. How do I extract the string?
$mystring = "long string oct aklsdfgklajg akgjasdgjka blah asdgasdg";
//split into 2 parts
@s_array1 = split("oct 19", $mystring);
split into 2 parts
@s_array2 = split("blahblah", @s_array1[1]);
print @s_array2[0];
//split into 2 parts
@s_array1 = split("oct 19", $mystring);
split into 2 parts
@s_array2 = split("blahblah", @s_array1[1]);
print @s_array2[0];
$mystring = "long string oct aklsdfgklajg akgjasdgjka blah asdgasdg";
//split into 2 parts
@s_array1 = split("oct 19", $mystring);
//split into 2 parts
@s_array2 = split("blahblah", @s_array1[1]);
print @s_array2[0];
//split into 2 parts
@s_array1 = split("oct 19", $mystring);
//split into 2 parts
@s_array2 = split("blahblah", @s_array1[1]);
print @s_array2[0];
ASKER
Professionalcomputersoluti
I get all kinds of errors in my shell script after I put your code into it.
./Cgrep.sh: line 11: =: command not found
./Cgrep.sh: line 12: //split: No such file or directory
./Cgrep.sh: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./Cgrep.sh: line 13: `@s_array1 = split("oct 19", $mystring);'
I get all kinds of errors in my shell script after I put your code into it.
./Cgrep.sh: line 11: =: command not found
./Cgrep.sh: line 12: //split: No such file or directory
./Cgrep.sh: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./Cgrep.sh: line 13: `@s_array1 = split("oct 19", $mystring);'
lol
dont just copy and paste my code.
look at it and read it then write your own code.
mine is just an algorithm
Declare your long string
Split the string into 2 parts
you will now have 2 strings 1st is garbage 2nd is the start of what you want to the very end
split the 2nd string into 2 parts
you will have 2 more strings the first contains the info you want the second is garbage
use the string in pos 0 of the second array.
dont just copy and paste my code.
look at it and read it then write your own code.
mine is just an algorithm
Declare your long string
Split the string into 2 parts
you will now have 2 strings 1st is garbage 2nd is the start of what you want to the very end
split the 2nd string into 2 parts
you will have 2 more strings the first contains the info you want the second is garbage
use the string in pos 0 of the second array.
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ASKER
I guess the 'split' function is the part that is confusing me. This is a bash shell script. Can the unix split command be used the way you are saying? It seems it's used to split files not strings? I get errors every time i try to use it. perhaps you could give me a little more verbose description of how I can accomplish this? Sorry for my confusion =P
professionalcomputersoluti
Just use my grep solution. Much easier :)
Just use my grep solution. Much easier :)
ASKER
That seems to have done it, thanks!
//split into 2 parts
@s_array1 = split("oct", $mystring);
split into 2 parts
@s_array2 = split("oct", @s_array1[1]);
print @s_array2[0];