Re: [9fans] cut word out of a line with regexp

[Russ Cox]

> How do I cut a word out of a line with sed? The word end with a '_'. I
> don't know, how to match word boundaries. I need "sample" 
> out of a sample_ line.

you can match word characters instead.

        sed 's/[^ ]+_ / /'
        sed 's/[a-zA-Z0-9_]+_([^a-zA-Z0-9_])/\1/'

russ