How about the following with a space in front of SRC? sed -re 's/.* SRC=([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]).*/\1/' Regards, Simon. -- Simon Tneoh Chee-Boon Gen-X Technology Sdn. Bhd. http://www.gen-x.com.my http://www.tneoh.zoneit.com/simon/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Vanecek" <rh_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:27 PM Subject: Re: SED Help > > $ grep -i "`date '+%b %_d'`" packet.test2 | sed -re > > 's/.*SRC=([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]).*/\1/' > > 66.76.12.5 > > 66.76.12.5 > I thought it would pick up the first? If I change the second SRC to SRX, then > it does pick up the first one. > > What do I need to specify to make it pick up the first one? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
