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# 1  
Old 03-26-2013
Remove certain column with numeric value

I have file1.txt

Code:
LBP298W2,300,-18,-115,-12,-105
LBP298W2,300,-18,-115,LBP298W3,300
LBP298W3,300,-18,-115,-12,-105

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i want to remove every line with non numeric value in column 5

expected result

Code:
LBP298W2,300,-18,-115,-12,-105
LBP298W3,300,-18,-115,-12,-105

# 2  
Old 03-26-2013
Can try if this is sufficient:
Code:
$ awk -F, '$5 !~ /[a-zA-Z]/' infile
LBP298W2,300,-18,-115,-12,-105
LBP298W3,300,-18,-115,-12,-105

# 3  
Old 03-26-2013
If zaxxon's proposal isn't sufficient for your purposes, this is more precise:
Code:
awk -F, '$5 ~ /^[-+]?[[:digit:]]+$/' file1.txt

# 4  
Old 03-26-2013
With Perl (core modules):

Code:
perl -F, '-MScalar::Util qw(looks_like_number)' -lane'
  print if looks_like_number $F[4]
  ' infile

# 5  
Old 03-26-2013
so much thank you...mr Zax, Don,& Radoulov
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