String awk

[ranjit]

What is the best way to awk out the line of text between <>

Input file:

DataLine756<TRANS:6707,Bank of America,INV.7868467>#L$T

Desired output:

TRANS:6707,Bank of America,INV.7868467

 

[CaKiwi]

Try

{
sub(/^[^<]*</,"")
sub(/>.*$/,"")
print
}


CaKiwi

 

[vgersh99]

BEGIN {
  FS="(<)|(>)"
}
{
  for (i=0; i<=NF; i=i+2)
    print $i
}

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[fjchia]

Or try

awk -F"[<>]" '{ print $2 }'

 

[vgersh99]

don't forget [bold]multiples[/b]

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[PHV]

And the sed way:
sed -e 's!.*<!!;s!>.*!!' /path/to/input >output

Hope This Help, PH.
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