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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2. s='The user name1 ONE:TWO:THREE:FOUR:FIVE:NewName:SIX
  3. The user name2 SEVEN:EIGHT:NINE:TEN:ELEVEN:NewName:TWELVE
  4. The user name3 Thirteen:Fourteen:Fifteen:Sixteen:NewName:Seventeen'
  5. sed '/^The user / s/[^: ]*:.*:\(.*\):.*/My New Name is \1/' <<< "$s"
  6.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 5544KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
The user name1 My New Name is NewName
The user name2 My New Name is NewName
The user name3 My New Name is NewName
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