Re: Sed advice needed

[Piers Kittel <debian@biased.org>]

On 31 May 2007, at 17:49, Tyler MacDonald wrote:

> Piers Kittel <debian@biased.org> wrote:
> > "181","1324.014027","111.111.111.111","111.111.111.111","RTP","Payloa 
> > d t
> > ype=ITU-T H.261, SSRC=2008229573, Seq=54520, Time=1725612773, Mark"
> > "185","1324.078941","111.111.111.111","111.111.111.111","RTP","Payloa 
> > d t
> > ype=ITU-T H.261, SSRC=2008229573, Seq=54521, Time=1725616276"
> >
> > I need to convert the above to the below:
> >
> > "181","1324.014027","111.111.111.111","111.111.111.111","RTP","54520"
> > "185","1324.078941","111.111.111.111","111.111.111.111","RTP","54521"
>
>   This *might* work, it depends on the rest of your dataset;
>
>   sed -e 's/,"Payload.*Seq=//' -e 's/, Time=.*$/"/'
>
>   Cheers,
>     Tyler

That wasn't quite perfect, but I worked out a bit how the command  
works and modified it - it now works like a dream!  You're a  
lifesaver :) I really appreciate this!  I will learn exactly how the  
command works - sed does seem quite powerful.

Thanks again!

Regards - Piers