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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting A way to delete specific lines Post 302472277 by Scott on Tuesday 16th of November 2010 05:21:42 PM
Old 11-16-2010
Your question is somewhat vague. Not all of the lines you print are of the same length:
Code:
$ awk '{print length}' file1
136
136
99
99
99
136
135
99
99
136
$ awk 'length == 136' file1               
"2010-07-26","2010","07","26","*","26.90","","13.10","","20.00","","0.00","","2.00","","","M","","M","0.60","","","","0.00","","0.00",""
"2010-07-27","2010","07","27","*","26.80","","15.30","","21.10","","0.00","","3.10","","","M","","M","0.90","","","","0.00","","0.00",""
"2010-07-31","2010","08","06","*","25.40","","12.20","","18.80","","0.00","","0.80","","","M","","M","0.00","","","","0.00","","0.00",""
"2010-08-04","2010","07","28","*","30.10","E","17.30","E","23.70","E","0.00","E","5.70","E","","M","","M","6.90","E","","","","M","","M"

136, as far as fixed-length, gives the closest match.

Last edited by Scott; 11-16-2010 at 06:32 PM.. Reason: Wording
 

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GREP(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   GREP(1)

NAME
grep - search a file for lines containing a given pattern SYNOPSIS
grep [-elnsv] pattern [file] ... OPTIONS
-e -e pattern is the same as pattern -c Print a count of lines matched -i Ignore case -l Print file names, no lines -n Print line numbers -s Status only, no printed output -v Select lines that do not match EXAMPLES
grep mouse file # Find lines in file containing mouse grep [0-9] file # Print lines containing a digit DESCRIPTION
Grep searches one or more files (by default, stdin) and selects out all the lines that match the pattern. All the regular expressions accepted by ed and mined are allowed. In addition, + can be used instead of * to mean 1 or more occurrences, ? can be used to mean 0 or 1 occurrences, and | can be used between two regular expressions to mean either one of them. Parentheses can be used for grouping. If a match is found, exit status 0 is returned. If no match is found, exit status 1 is returned. If an error is detected, exit status 2 is returned. SEE ALSO
cgrep(1), fgrep(1), sed(1), awk(9). GREP(1)
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