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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users test the string is char or integer Post 302244581 by zaxxon on Wednesday 8th of October 2008 08:43:06 AM
Old 10-08-2008
I had the problem not this way yet nor could I find a nice tool to test it. So I come up with this ugly but working solution:

Code:
echo "$1" |\
sed 's/./&\n/g' |\
awk '
        /[a-zA-Z]/ {a+=1}
        /[0-9]/    {n+=1}
        END{
                sum=a+n
                print sum,a,n
                if ( a == 0 && sum == NR-1 ) { print "numeric" }
                if ( n == 0 && sum == NR-1 ) { print "alpha" }
                else { print "something else" }
        }'

 

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SUM(1)								   User Commands							    SUM(1)

NAME
sum - checksum and count the blocks in a file SYNOPSIS
sum [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION
Print checksum and block counts for each FILE. -r use BSD sum algorithm, use 1K blocks -s, --sysv use System V sum algorithm, use 512 bytes blocks --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. AUTHOR
Written by Kayvan Aghaiepour and David MacKenzie. REPORTING BUGS
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The full documentation for sum is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and sum programs are properly installed at your site, the command info coreutils 'sum invocation' should give you access to the complete manual. GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 SUM(1)
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