[solved] Regex help...

Allan · 2011-06-20 09:11:06

I have a file with a bunch of functions like:

foo_dfljksdfk() {

}

foo_sdljkasd() {

}

foo_ladlafsd() {

}

So all functions start with "foo_" and have some sort of name afterwards.

I want to be able to extract a given function. I thought something like

awk '/foo_name()/,/foo_....()/'

would be the way to go, but I do not know how to do the second regex. I.e. name any foo_***() but not foo_name().

Any suggestions?

karol · 2011-06-20 09:25:29

Try

'!/foo_ladlafsd()/ && /foo_....()/'

Allan · 2011-06-20 09:42:04

Hmm... that works... Thanks!

But I found an even simpler way. "type foo_sdfsasfd" in bash will echo the function. And given the file is already sourced, that will make like easy!

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