cov_stats <- c("./stats/SRR18826803_stats.txt", "./stats/SRR18826804_stats.txt", "./stats/SRR18826805_stats.txt", "./stats/SRR18826806_stats.txt", "./stats/SRR18826807_stats.txt")
sub("^\\./stats/(SRR\\d{8}).*", "\\1", cov_stats)
## => [1] "SRR18826803" "SRR18826804" "SRR18826805" "SRR18826806" "SRR18826807"
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