vi mk%y'k

Copy lines of text between '{}'s 

Give this text file contents:

  1
  2 ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> download.fedoraproject.org
  3 ;; global options: +cmd
  4 ;; Got answer:
  5 ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52209
  6 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 10, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
  7
  8 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
  9 ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
 10 ;; QUESTION SECTION:
 11 ;download.fedoraproject.org.    IN      A
 12 {
 13 ;; ANSWER SECTION:
 14 download.fedoraproject.org. 300 IN      CNAME   wildcard.fedoraproject.org.
 15 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       38.145.60.20
 16 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       152.19.134.142
 17 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       67.219.144.68
 18 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       8.43.85.67
 19 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       38.145.60.21
 20 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       152.19.134.198
 21 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       8.43.85.73
 22 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       140.211.169.196
 23 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       34.221.3.152
 24 }
 25 (
 26 ;; Query time: 95 msec
 27 ;; SERVER: 2600:6c52:763f:e773:1691:82ff:fe86:3046#53(2600:6c52:763f:e773:1691:82ff:fe86:3046)
 28 ;; WHEN: Fri Jun 16 21:31:33 PDT 2023
 29 ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 222
 30 )

Move the cursor to the '{' on line 12. (:12<return>) then type: mk%y'k then move the cursor to line 7 and type: p and the file should look like this:

  1
  2 ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> download.fedoraproject.org
  3 ;; global options: +cmd
  4 ;; Got answer:
  5 ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52209
  6 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 10, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
  7 {
  8 ;; ANSWER SECTION:
  9 download.fedoraproject.org. 300 IN      CNAME   wildcard.fedoraproject.org.
 10 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       38.145.60.20
 11 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       152.19.134.142
 12 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       67.219.144.68
 13 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       8.43.85.67
 14 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       38.145.60.21
 15 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       152.19.134.198
 16 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       8.43.85.73
 17 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       140.211.169.196
 18 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       34.221.3.152
 19 }
 20
 21 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
 22 ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
 23 ;; QUESTION SECTION:
 24 ;download.fedoraproject.org.    IN      A
 25 {
 26 ;; ANSWER SECTION:
 27 download.fedoraproject.org. 300 IN      CNAME   wildcard.fedoraproject.org.
 28 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       38.145.60.20
 29 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       152.19.134.142
 30 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       67.219.144.68
 31 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       8.43.85.67
 32 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       38.145.60.21
 33 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       152.19.134.198
 34 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       8.43.85.73
 35 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       140.211.169.196
 36 wildcard.fedoraproject.org. 22  IN      A       34.221.3.152
 37 }
 38 (
 39 ;; Query time: 95 msec
 40 ;; SERVER: 2600:6c52:763f:e773:1691:82ff:fe86:3046#53(2600:6c52:763f:e773:1691:82ff:fe86:3046)
...

Remove last column in bash

awk -F'.' 'sub(FS $NF,x)' file

bash-3.2$ cat file
MOR22A2.S4000011.h23v22.061.2023063111017.hdf
MOR22A2.S4000011.h23v44.061.2023061111033.hdf
AST006_S003.zip
AST003_S066.zip
bash-3.2$ awk -F'.' 'sub(FS $NF,x)' file
MOR22A2.S4000011.h23v22.061.2023063111017
MOR22A2.S4000011.h23v44.061.2023061111033
AST006_S003
AST003_S066