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Date:      Mon, 11 Nov 2002 17:10:58 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Benoit Lacherez <blacherez@ac-bordeaux.fr>
Cc:        John Von Essen <john@essenz.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: awk to remove backet
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211111701580.43764-100000@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021111233517.A28946@milouz.boece.foo>

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On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Benoit Lacherez wrote:

> The easiest is to try:
> 
> % echo '(abc.com)' | sed 's/(\([^)]*\))/\1/g'
> abc.com
> % echo '(abc.com)' | sed 's/\(([\w]+)\)/\1/g'
> (abc.com)

Easier yet is

echo '(abc)' | tr -d '()'

(Which maybe is not what was wanted, but does what was asked. 8-)

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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