Question

I am trying parse out some text that is in an html file. The text I am trying to parse out it is the text that is always after the text developer and before the text >

So an example would be:

developerNeedThis1></textarea>

In this case I want the text: NeedThis1.

I try this:

(?<=name=developer).*

But this gets me:

NeedThis1></textarea>

Any tips on how to also add in to get the text before

></textarea>

Thanks.

Answer 1

Depends on what tool you’re using, but here’s sed:

sed -e 's/developer\([^>]*\)>.*/\1/'

Input:

developerNeedThis1></textarea>

Output:

NeedThis1