09-29-2010
Grabbing and printing only first number
I'm having quite a time figuring this one out. I want to print only the first number (n digits). So with this input:
Title 1
2* the thing of it
3 more words
4 some more
*5 what?
6 more and more
*7 I love it
8* boom!
9 it's
*8 still here
10
22 23 1 2134 4 2343 32 23 4 44
The output would be
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
8
10
22
Thanks guys. I'm new to the sed, awk scene.
jj
---------- Post updated at 11:24 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:21 PM ----------
I had some leading whitespace in my input, but it looks like it got lost in the post.
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