title: Retaining multiple strings in sed substitution
body: <p><strong>Input:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>These are some numbers aklö0/4:asfasd;assdf...asf8/8asdfklöjsdfv7/7asdf8/6 sdf 5/5 asdfasdf3/3 asdf 2/2 asdf7/7asfasdf:::::::7/6;;;;;;6/6asdf9/9......alright 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>sed Command</strong> applied on the above input:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sed 's/\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*\(.\/.\).*/\1\t\2\t\3\t\4\t\5\t\6\t\7\t\8\t\9\t\10\t\11/g' infile &gt; outfile
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Expected Ouput:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>These are some numbers 0/4 8/8 7/7 8/6 5/5 3/3 2/2 7/7 7/6 6/6 9/9 alright
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Problem Encountered :</strong>
  but it replaces the last two with 0/40 and 8/81.
  It is like it can only remember 9 things. </p>