How to delete substring from string?

Question

I have a string:

09/May/2012:05:14:58 +0100

How to delete substring 58 +0100 from string ?

 sed 's/\:[0-9][0-9] \+0100//'

Not work

echo "09/May/2012:05:14:58 +0100" | sed 's/\:[0-9][0-9] \+0100//' -- works for me — msgmash.com
– msgmash.com, Commented May 9, 2012 at 7:55

KARASZI István · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-09 07:53:26Z

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It does work:

echo "09/May/2012:05:14:58 +0100"|sed 's/\:[0-9][0-9] \+0100//'

Output:

09/May/2012:05:14

answered May 9, 2012 at 7:53

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Nicocube Over a year ago

I tried it right away, but it does not work under linux mint 12 with bash. :(

tripleee Over a year ago

If that precise command does not work on your Linux (either with or without a backslash before the plus, depending on the regex dialect), it has a bug.

paxdiablo · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-09 07:54:07Z

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If they're always in that format, you can just do:

s/:[^:]*$//

This basically gets rid of everything beyond (and including) the final : character (colon, followed by any number of characters that aren't a colon, to the end of the line).

answered May 9, 2012 at 7:54

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