grep capture from beginning until first 2 chars found

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I have this list:

list="aa bb cc dd ee ff ab cd ef"

What I'm trying so far:

$ grep -o "^[^cd]*" <<<"$list"
aa bb

Expected output:

$ grep -o "^[^cd]*" <<<"$list"
aa bb cc dd ee ff ab

Asked by Zero (39 rep)

May 25, 2025, 07:47 PM
Last activity: May 31, 2025, 11:54 PM