using sed to display message

[Adi_7]

I want to grab the numbers from this string.
java version "1.1.6"
How do I do that?
Thanks.

[Thierry Poels_1 · Accepted solution]

hi,

num=(echo $string | cut -d" " -f3)
or
num=(echo $string | cut -c14- )

regards,
Thierry.

[Helen French]

# echo java version "1.1.6" | awk '{print$3}'

[curt larson_1]

do you want the double quotes too?
if not
print $string | sed 's/[^"]*\"\([0-9.]\).*/\1/
or
print $sting | awk -F\" '{print $2;}'

[Graham Cameron_1]

Why not use the -F option to tell awk to deliit with quotes...

echo 'java version "1.1.6"'|awk -F\" '{print $2}'

-- Graham

[Laurent Menase]

Hi,

In ksh or posix sh

b=${string#*\"}
echo ${b%\"*}