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05-25-2009

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if you have Python

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
for line in open("file"):
    if "N1*PR*" in line:
        ind=line.index("N1*PR*")
        print line[ind+6:].split("*")[0]

output

Code:

# ./test.py
CALIFORNIA