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I have a situation where I have to use regular expressions Grep to find and replace successfully some peculiar strings, as seen below:
I have this kind of dummy text:
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed semper scelerisque fermentum. Mauris fringilla et massa Abc 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25; eget congue. Aenean erat ligula, dapibus risus fringilla, malesuada ultricies ligula. Nam sit amet dignissim urna. Nunc efficitur tincidunt erat, sed interdum lacus vehicula in. Suspendisse ornare, dui ut scelerisque, vel egestas justo nisi a turpis efficitur. Praesent consectetur augue id consectetur condimentum. Morbi sagittis, sem sit amet dapibus varius, elit dolor sodales ex, amet risus diam eget nisi. (Def 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25) Mauris quis lorem vehicula, venenatis lectus et, venenatis elit. Pellentesque facilisis vitae quam at ullam corper Integer arcu ex, ultrices ut mauris a, interdum lobortis nibh. Nullam placerat id mi sit amet posuere. Cras tincidunt commodo aliquam. Mauris auctor dolor in nulla feugiat aliquam.
Nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed semper scelerisque fermentum. Mauris fringilla et massa eget congue. Aenean erat ligula, dapibus cursus risus fringilla, malesuada ultricies ligula. Nam sit amet dignissim urna. Nunc efficitur tincidunt erat, sed interdum lacus vehicula in. Suspendisse ornare, dui ut scelerisque fringilla, augue mi scelerisque libero, vel justo nisi (3Gh 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25) . Praesent consectetur augue id consectetur condimentum. Morbi sagittis, sem sit amet dapibus varius, elit dolor sodales ex, sit amet risus. Mauris quis lorem vehicula, venenatis lectus et, venenatis elit. Pellentesque facilisis vitae quam 3Mo 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25; at ullamcorper. Integer arcu ex, ultrices ut mauris a, interdum lobortis nibh. Nullam placerat id mi sit amet posuere. Cras tincidunt commodo aliquam. Mauris auctor dolor in nulla feugiat aliquam. Nulla facilisi."
I have to Find via Grep these strings in their paragraphs:
text before Abc 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25;
text before (Def 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25)
text before (3Gh 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25)
text before 3Mo 2:5a; 24:51d, 53; 1:9b, 22-23; 1:22-23c, 9; 1:22-23, 24-25;
And I need them to be Replaced with these in their respective paragraphs:
text before Abc 2:5a; Abc 24:51d, 53; Abc 1:9b, 22-23; Abc 1:22-23c, 9; Abc 1:22-23, 24-25;
text before (Def 2:5a; Def 24:51d, 53; Def 1:9b, 22-23; Def 1:22-23c, 9; Def 1:22-23, 24-25)
text before (3Gh 2:5a; 3Gh 24:51d, 53; 3Gh 1:9b, 22-23; 3Gh 1:22-23c, 9; 3Gh 1:22-23, 24-25)
text before 3Mo 2:5a; 3Mo 24:51d, 53; 3Mo 1:9b, 22-23; 3Mo 1:22-23c, 9; 3Mo 1:22-23, 24-25;
Note that:
1. All the strings are in the middle of their respective pragraph, not at the beginning.
2. Two strings (yellow and purple) start with a digit. See picture below.
3. The small letter (a or b or etc) within the to be found strings, may be or may not be there.
Thank you all very much for your help.
Dumitru S.
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