Issue
Let's say I have a line looking like this
Hello my first name is =Bart and my second is =Homer
How can I do if I want to get everything after the first = or : using sed?
In this example, I would like to get the result
Bart and my second is =Homer
I am using sed 's/.*[=:]//' right now but I get Homer as result (everything after the last = or :) and I would like to get everything after the first, and not the last = or :
Solution
Normally, quantifiers in sed are greedy, which is why you will always match the last =. What defines the first = is that all the characters before it are not =, so:
sed 's/^[^=]*=//'
Your question implies that either : or = are valid markers, in which case
sed 's/^[^=:]*[=:]//'
Answered By - Mad Physicist Answer Checked By - Marilyn (WPSolving Volunteer)