Re: extract field



On comp.unix.shell, rvaede <rvaedex23@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How can I extract the number from this line?

<process_id>25752</process_id>

I want to extract "25752"

regards

echo "<process_id>25752</process_id>" | sed -n 's|\(<[^>]*>\)\(.*\)\(<[^>]*>\)|\2|p'

Sid


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