I have strings that end with:
...", "VERI-1000")
and I am trying to use sed (or any other tool) to have them formatted like
...", "(VERI-1000)" uid="1000"/>
The "VERI" and the "1000" values change multiple times so it's not always "VERI" and not always "1000"
I suppose then I am trying to search for the numerical value that precedes the ") string and then insert that value after uid="
Try this sed:
sed -i.bak 's~"\([^"-]*\)-\([0-9]*\)")~"(\1-\2") uid="\2"/>~' file
With GNU sed you can do something like this:
sed -r 's_([[:digit:]]+)"\)$_& uid="\1"/>_'
The command replaces this:
([[:digit:]]+)"\)$
^ start numbered group (number 1)
^^^^^^^^^^^^ any number of digits
^ close numbered group
^^^^ quote, bracket, EOL
with this:
& uid="\1"/>
^ all of the matched string
^^ contents of group number 1
Example:
sed -r 's_([[:digit:]]+)"\)$_& uid="\1"/>_' <<<'...", "VERI-1000")'
...", "VERI-1000") uid="1000"/>
POSIX-compatible way:
sed 's_\([[:digit:]]\{1,\}\)")$_& uid="\1"/>_'
