Re: [chat] prob with regex

[Michael Lake <mikel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

invisible ink wrote:
> $ cat mike
> PAVEY AUASF020388
> PAVEY,A AUASF02389
> PAVEY,A AUASF02390
> PAVEY,A. AUASF02391
> 
> $ sed "s/PAVEY.* \(AUASF.*\)/AUASF00899 \1/" < mike
> AUASF00899 AUASF020388
> AUASF00899 AUASF02389
> AUASF00899 AUASF02390
> AUASF00899 AUASF02391

Ah it worked for Colin too as he indicated in his email but for me it 
doesnt.

> Are you using GNU sed?

Yes. GNU sed version 3.02 as comes with Debian.

So different behaviour, umm bugger. I prefer yours then :-)


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Mike Lake
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