03-09-2007
Hi Matrixmadhan,
Have a look at this..It works well when I tested..
u142115@linux2alm:~/aps/aps4/product/den/dennis/test> awk '{print length($0)" "$0}' ne
36 gagkasdadsgfkdaskdgkagsdkgkasgdkgasd
8 assddasd
4 aaas
4 sddd
6 asasas
5 asddd
2 sa
9 saddasdas
2 sd
u142115@linux2alm:~/aps/aps4/product/den/dennis/test> sed -n '/\(.\)\{5\}/p' ne
gagkasdadsgfkdaskdgkagsdkgkasgdkgasd
assddasd
asasas
asddd
saddasdas
u142115@linux2alm:~/aps/aps4/product/den/dennis/test>
advise me if something wrong here...as I am a newbie in Unix..
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
look
look(1) User Commands look(1)
NAME
look - find words in the system dictionary or lines in a sorted list
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/look [-d] [-f] [-tc] string [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The look command consults a sorted filename and prints all lines that begin with string.
If no filename is specified, look uses /usr/share/lib/dict/words with collating sequence -df.
look limits the length of a word to search for to 256 characters.
OPTIONS
-d Dictionary order. Only letters, digits, TAB and SPACE characters are used in comparisons.
-f Fold case. Upper case letters are not distinguished from lower case in comparisons.
-tc Set termination character. All characters to the right of c in string are ignored.
FILES
/usr/share/lib/dict/words spelling list
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
grep(1), sort(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.11 29 Mar 1994 look(1)