I have a file like this
Sampleoutput1[Fri Jun 10 06:11:59 2016]Local/ESSBASE0///139929633446208/Error(10 Sampleoutput1Local/ESSBASE0///139929633446208/[Fri Jun 11 06:11:59 2016]Error(10
I need to extract date field and add this date as column with delimited ($).Date can be present anywhere in the file.
[Fri Jun 10 06:11:59 2016]$Sampleoutput1[Fri Jun 10 06:11:59 2016]Local/ESSBASE0///139929633446208/Error(10 [Fri Jun 11 06:11:59 2016]$Sampleoutput1Local/ESSBASE0///139929633446208/[Fri Jun 11 06:11:59 2016]Error(10
Answer
Assuming the date is always enclosed in [ … ] and that’s the first [ on the line we can use a number of methods. Two common ones I use:
Using two cut commands (the lazy option, but it’s very easy to understand what it does):
cut -d'[' -f2 $srcfile | cut -d ']' -f1
The standard sed option, using a simple regex:
sed 's/.*[([^]]*)].*/1/' $srcfile
If your output is more complicated with multiple [ characters in it then you’ll need to use the sed option with a more complicated string:
sed 's/.*[(... ... .. ..:..:.. ....)].*/1/' $srcfile
EDIT: The revised question wants this added to the front of the string, leaving the rest of the line untouched. So we use the sed variant with a minor change:
sed 's/(.*[(... ... .. ..:..:.. ....)].*)/[2]$1/' $srcfile
Result:
[Fri Jun 10 06:11:59 2016]$Sampleoutput1[Fri Jun 10 06:11:59 2016]Local/ESSBASE0///139929633446208/Error(10 [Fri Jun 11 06:11:59 2016]$Sampleoutput1Local/ESSBASE0///139929633446208/[Fri Jun 11 06:11:59 2016]Error(10