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Old 09-22-2009
Use to awk to match pattern, and print the pattern
Hi,


I know how to use awk to search some expressions like five consecutive numbers, [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9], this is easy.
However, how do I make awk print the pattern that is been matched?

For example:
input: usa,canada99292,japan222,france59664,egypt223
output:99292,59664
# 2  
Old 09-22-2009
Should work for you Smilie
Code:
awk -F, '{for(i=0;++i<=NF;){gsub("[a-z]","",$i);if(length($i)==5){a=(a)?a FS$i:$i}}{print a;a=""}}' file

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Last edited by danmero; 09-22-2009 at 08:14 PM..
# 3  
Old 09-23-2009
Hi Dan,

Thanks a lot for your reply. But the code won't work in instances such as this:
input:
Code:
usa,66 canada99292,japan222,44 france59664,egypt223

because within each column, the field separator actually changes to space

Is it possible to have multiple field separator in place simultaneously, in this case: space and comma. If this is possible, then your code would work .
Last edited by vgersh99; 09-23-2009 at 12:46 PM.. Reason: code tags, PLEASE!
# 4  
Old 09-23-2009
If your version of awk supports regex as RS, try this:

Code:
awk -v RS="[ ,]" -v ORS="," '/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]/ {gsub(/[a-z]/,"");print}' file

# 5  
Old 09-23-2009
With a slightly change of the code of danmero:

Code:
awk -F",| " '{for(i=0;++i<=NF;){gsub("[a-z]","",$i);if(length($i)==5){a=(a)?a "," $i:$i}}{print a;a=""}}'

# 6  
Old 09-23-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by grossgermany
Hi,


I know how to use awk to search some expressions like five consecutive numbers, [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9], this is easy.
However, how do I make awk print the pattern that is been matched?

For example:
input: usa,canada99292,japan222,france59664,egypt223
output:99292,59664

if you have other options like grep or sed:

Code:
grep -o pattern file

or

Code:
sed -n '/pattern/ s/.*\(pattern\).*/\1/p' file

# 7  
Old 09-23-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by anchal_khare
if you have other options like grep or sed:
Yes but you should check the OP required output.
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