Re^3: Parsing a Word placed between special characters

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Re^4: Parsing a Word placed between special characters by pillaipraveen (Initiate) on May 02, 2013 at 09:41 UTC
Thanks to everyone who responded. The query was in fact obscure since I didn't use the `<code>` tag. Please find the query in a proper format below. I have a file called names.txt with the following content john`[JM]`mcgroddy stephen`[SG]`gomsey yuri`[YA]`alchenko I was trying to extract the initials placed between special characters `[`and `]` and output this to a new file initials.txt as JM SG YA . I hope that I have clarified the question. Thanks once again to those who guided me the correct regex. Regards, PS.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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I have a file called names.txt with the following content
john[JM]mcgroddy
stephen[SG]gomsey
yuri[YA]alchenko

I was trying to extract the initials placed between special characters [and ] and output this to a new file initials.txt as

JM
SG
YA

I hope that I have clarified the question. Thanks once again to those who guided me the correct regex. Regards, PS.