ABCDchinchwad18-Mar-2010-11.sql.zip ABCDsolapur18-Mar-2010-10.sql.zip How do I find the string between ABCD and the date 18-Mar-2010

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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T01:03:57+00:00 2026-05-14T01:03:57+00:00

ABCDchinchwad18-Mar-2010-11.sql.zip

ABCDsolapur18-Mar-2010-10.sql.zip

How do I find the string between “ABCD” and the date “18-Mar-2010”

Expected resuts:

chinchwad

solapur

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-14T01:03:57+00:00

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sed 's/ABCD\(.*\)[0-9]\{2\}-[[:alpha:]].*.sql.zip/\1/'

Output:

chinchwad

solapur

pune2

To remove the path added by find (which is more flexible, portable and maintainable than parsing ls):

sed 's|.*/ABCD\(.*\)[0-9]\{2\}-[[:alpha:]].*.sql.zip|\1|'

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