Question

How do I remove the text till the first ( and after )?

INSERT INTO `todel` VALUES (1,'akbar\'s','Mumbai, Delhi road, India');
INSERT INTO `todel` VALUES (2,'amar\"s','South Africa, ghana');

The expected output is like this…

1,'akbar\'s','Mumbai, Delhi road, India'
2,'amar\"s','South Africa, ghana'

Answer 1

Ruby(1.9+)

$> ruby -ne 'print $_.sub(/.*\(|\).*$/,"")' file
1,'akbar\'s','Mumbai, Delhi road, India'
2,'amar\"s','South Africa, ghana'

or the shell(bash)

$> while read -r line; do line=${line#*(}; echo ${line%)*}; done <file
1,'akbar\'s','Mumbai, Delhi road, India'
2,'amar\"s','South Africa, ghana'

or awk

$> awk '{sub(/.*\(/,"");sub(/\).*/,"")}1' file
1,'akbar\'s','Mumbai, Delhi road, India'
2,'amar\"s','South Africa, ghana'

or sed

$> sed -rn 's/.*\(//;s/\).*//p' file
1,'akbar\'s','Mumbai, Delhi road, India'
2,'amar\"s','South Africa, ghana'