Issue
I would like to replace (using sed/awk/tr) all the strings between CleanAgrobacterium and _gene by ZZZ in my file A.nwk:
(((CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_str__C58_DE0068_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-FS783_RS12830:0,CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_str__C58_DE0067_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-FS653_RS12825:0):0.056789,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_GV2260_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-EML4058_RS17445:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_1D1416_Chromosome_Proteins_gene-NQG32_RS17500:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_PDC82_Contig_Proteins_gene-BLT49_RS14090:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_N3394_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-G6L76_RS17395:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_12D13_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-At12D13_RS18010:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_Bi46_Contig_Proteins_gene-LQ162_RS02700:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_ARqua1_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-HI842_RS18310:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_N4094_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-G6L42_RS17400:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_GV3101__pMP90_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-EML485_RS17435:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_Kin001_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-FY134_RS17775:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_LBA645_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-KXJ62_RS17445:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_Di1525a_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-G6L89_RS17735:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_NFIX02_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-BLR22_RS16795:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_Arqua_Contig_Proteins_gene-EXN51_RS19140:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_str__J-07_J-07_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-AGR8A_RS20015:0,CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_1D132_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-At1D132_RS18580:0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_EHA105_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-EML540_RS17455:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_RIT-As-3_Contig_Proteins_gene-ORG40_RS11815:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_2788_Contig_Proteins_gene-G6L39_RS17590:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_BG5_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-F3P66_RS17495:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_Bi05_Contig_Proteins_gene-LQV40_RS07170:0,(CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_str__C58_C58_Complete_Genome_Proteins_gene-ATU_RS17440:0,CleanAgrobacterium_fabrum_NFIX01_Scaffold_Proteins_gene-BMY00_RS16800:0):0):0):0):0):0):0);
sed "/CleanAgrobacterium/,/gene-/d" A.nwk
Solution
Instead of using a range, you could make the pattern more specific for the example data matching 1 or more alphanumeric chars or - or _ in between using [[:alnum:]_-]\+ and replace the match(es) with zzz
sed "s/CleanAgrobacterium[[:alnum:]_-]\+_gene/zzz/g" A.nwk
Output
(((zzz-FS783_RS12830:0,zzz-FS653_RS12825:0):0.056789,(zzz-EML4058_RS17445:0,(zzz-NQG32_RS17500:0,(zzz-BLT49_RS14090:0,(zzz-G6L76_RS17395:0,(zzz-At12D13_RS18010:0,(zzz-LQ162_RS02700:0,(zzz-HI842_RS18310:0,(zzz-G6L42_RS17400:0,(zzz-EML485_RS17435:0,(zzz-FY134_RS17775:0,(zzz-KXJ62_RS17445:0,(zzz-G6L89_RS17735:0,(zzz-BLR22_RS16795:0,(zzz-EXN51_RS19140:0,(zzz-AGR8A_RS20015:0,zzz-At1D132_RS18580:0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0):0,(zzz-EML540_RS17455:0,(zzz-ORG40_RS11815:0,(zzz-G6L39_RS17590:0,(zzz-F3P66_RS17495:0,(zzz-LQV40_RS07170:0,(zzz-ATU_RS17440:0,zzz-BMY00_RS16800:0):0):0):0):0):0):0);
Answered By - The fourth bird Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)