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02-10-2010

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help me create regexp for ISBN

ISBN 10:
it has 4 groups separated with ' ' or '-'
1. group need to has 1-5 digits
2. group need to has max 7
3. max 6
4. 1 digit or letter 'X'

ISBN 13
5 groups separated with ' ' or '-'
1. group - always has 3 digits
2. group same as 1st in isbn10
3. group same as 2nd in isbn10
4. group same as 3rd in isbn10
5. group same as 4th in isbn10

i need to construct regexp which can match ISBN10 OR ISBN13

i tried something like this:
[0-9]{0,3}[- ]{0,1}[0-9]{1,5}[- ]{1}[0-9]{0,7}[- ]{1}[0-9]{0,6}[- ]{1}[0-9X]{1}
but it works only on regextester.com not in my grep -o command :/

can you help?

also, can you tell me, in what reason doesnt my regex work? :/

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groups(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						groups(1B)

NAME

       groups - display a user's group memberships

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/groups [user]...

DESCRIPTION

       With  no  arguments,   groups  displays	the  groups  to which you belong; else it displays the groups to which the user belongs. Each user
       belongs to a group specified in the password file /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in the file /etc/group. If  you	do
       not own a file but belong to the group which it is owned by then you are granted group access to the file.

FILES

       /etc/passwd

       /etc/group

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       getgroups(2), attributes(5)

NOTES

       This command is obsolete.

SunOS 5.11							    14 Sep 1992 							groups(1B)