Regular Expressions 101

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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

Regular Expression
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# If you'd like to omit non-matching lines from the result; add ';d' to the end of the expression. sed -E 's/(?i)(?<=Empfänger)([\s]*)\b([\S\t ]*)\b//gm;t' <<< "Ladeliste: speditions logistics GmbH - D-9999 Speditionsstadt Seite 1 Kunde: Chrsitkind SE (#41155~42784) 16.10.2019 11:20 Sendungs-Nr: 0002011147 Auftrags-Nr: 11161 Frankatur: frei Haus Depot: 007 Auftraggeber Christkind- * (#41155~42784) 9999 Wunderstandt * Wunderstraße 001 Empfänger Max Muster TEST 99992 Musterstadt * Musterstraße 1 Lieferavis mustermannmax@gmx.de Ladezeit 17.10.19 Termin B2CLine Hinweis-Schl: nur mit Hebebühne zustellen Avis Festnetz: 0177007007007 / 000 32586914 S-Zeilen: 1 EE Saunaaufguss 315 kg 120x080x120 1,152cbm Calnids 100 340294943036198282 DRAN 000 TTAN ** 1 Sdg., 1 Colli (1 EE), gesamt 315 kg."

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for SED, please visit: https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html