i have a range of strings which conform to one of the two following patters:
("string with spaces",4) or (string_without_spaces,4)
I need to extract the "string" via a bash command, and so far have found a pattern that works for each, but not for both.
echo "(\"string with spaces\",4)" | sed -n 's/("\(.*\)",.*)/\1/ip'
output:string with spaces
echo "(string_without_spaces,4)" | sed -n 's/(\(.*\),.*)/\1/ip'
output:string_without_spaces
I have tried using "\? however it does not match the " if it is there:
echo "(SIM,0)" | sed -n 's/("\?\(.*\)"\?,.*)/\1/ip'
output: SIM
echo "(\"SIM\",0)" | sed -n 's/("\?\(.*\)"\?,.*)/\1/ip'
output: SIM"
can anyone suggest a pattern that would extract the string in both scenarios? I am not tied to sed but would prefer to not have to install perl in this environment.
How about using [^"] instead of . to exclude " to be matched.
$ echo '("string with spaces",4)' | sed -n 's/("\?\([^"]*\)"\?,.*)/\1/p'
string with spaces
$ echo "(string_without_spaces,4)" | sed -n 's/("\?\([^"]*\)"\?,.*)/\1/p'
string_without_spaces
$ echo "(SIM,0)" | sed -n 's/("\?\([^"]*\)"\?,.*)/\1/p'
SIM
$ echo '("SIM",0)' | sed -n 's/("\?\([^"]*\)"\?,.*)/\1/p'
SIM
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