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XXX="/blah1/blah2/blah3/1234567890;arg=AAA123BBB456CCC" # alphanumeric: ^^^^^^^^^^ ... # fixed string: ^^^^^ # alphanumeric: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ echo "$XXX" | perl -n -e 'if (m[^/.+/([^/\?\s]+)(?:;arg=)?]) {print "$ +1\n";}'
echo "$XXX" | perl -n -e 'if (m[^/.+/([^/\?\s;]+)(?:;arg=)?]) {print " +$1\n";}' ^