on Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 12:56:14PM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At Mon, 8 Sep 2003 01:58:43 +0100, > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > [1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] > > on Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 12:33:39AM +0800, csj ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Let's say I want to write a script that can convert the > > > following: > > > > > > A-0001 Directory_1/Subdirectory_1/File_1.txt > > > A-0002 ./Directory_2/Subdirectory_2/File_2.txt > > > A-0003 ./Directory_3/Subdirectory_3/Subdirectory_4/File_3.txt > > > > > > to: > > > > > > A-0001 /Subdirectory_1/File_1.txt > > > A-0002 /Subdirectory_2/File_2.txt > > > A-0003 /Subdirectory_3/Subdirectory_4/File_3.txt > > > > > > My basic strategy would be to sed 's|/Directory_.||g'. > > > Unfortunately this isn't of universal application. I'm looking > > > for a solution than can take into account all possible names for > > > "Dir_Foo". > > > > Based on what you've presented: > > > > sed -e 's/[ ]\.*\(\/Subdirectory_\)/ \1/' > > My brain is still trying to parse the slashes, but I take it to > me that the trick is in the parenthesis()? Will try it when I > get some sleep. Thanks!
What it says is: substitute everything starting with the first space or
tab, any character, the string (which is preserved) "/Subdirectory_",
with a tab and the preserved string.
Thinking about it, this might be better:
s/[ ][^ ]*\(\/Subdirectory_\)/ \1/
Which says: tab, followed by non-whitespace characters...
Peace.
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