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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T02:04:16+00:00 2026-05-26T02:04:16+00:00

Given that I have something like this: int val; struct node *mhm; int val;

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Given that I have something like this:

int val; struct node *mhm;
int val; struct node *next;

I want to extract content on each line, using sed, awk, or grep so that they read:

init->val = val; init->mhm = mhm;
init->val = val; init->next = next;

grep -o outputs each individual result on a new line, but I need to preserve line structure (each group of variables refer to a separate thing).

I use a gnu sed command presently, but I only want to output the replaced string:

sed -re 's/([A-Za-z0-9_]*);/init->\1 = \1;/g'

This above sed command outputs:

int init->val = val; struct node *init->mhm = mhm;
int init->val = val; struct node *init->next = next;

Even when using non-greedy modifiers, I can’t get a full line regex statement to successfully select each variable name in each line.

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    2026-05-26T02:04:16+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 2:04 am

    This works for your sample set(minor change to your solution):

    sed -re 's/[^;]* [*]?([A-Za-z0-9_]+) *;/init->\1 = \1; /g'
    
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