How to read text between two particular text in unix shell scripting

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I want to read text between two particular words from a text file in unix shell scripting. For example in the following:

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha."

I want to get Sasuke.

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-25 15:27:52Z

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This is one of the many ways it can be done:

To capture text between "is" and "Uchiha":

sed -n "s/^.*is \(.*\)Uchiha.*/\1/p" inFile

answered Apr 25, 2013 at 15:27

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:25:44Z

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I'm tempted to add a "let me google that for you" link, but it seems like you're having a hard enough time as is.

What's the best way to find a string/regex match in files recursively? (UNIX)

Take a look at that. It's similar to what you're looking for. Regex is the go to tool for matching strings and such. And Grep is the easiest way to use it from shell in unix.

Take a look at this as well: http://www.robelle.com/smugbook/regexpr.html

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answered Apr 25, 2013 at 14:39

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NathanTempelman Over a year ago

Actually, if you're just looking through a single file, use grep PATTERN FILENAME. In your case, you're going to type "grep Sasuke textfile.txt" in the command line

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