awk '/M0271857/ && ((!L) || (length(L)>length($0))) { L=$0 } END { print L }' datafile
Meaning:
Code:
/M0271857/ # for all lines where your string matches
&& ((!L) || (length(L)>length($0))) # ...and L is undefined or longer than the line
{ L=$0 } # Set L to the entire line
END { print L } # After all lines are processed, print the shortest one found
please give me proper solution for finding a shortest substring from given string if string itself and first char and last char of that substr are also given by user
if S="dpoaoqooroo" and FC="o" and LC="o",then shortest substr is "oo" and rest of the string is "dpoaoqroo"
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Hello,
I have a 100 line code. I have given a sample of it below:
ABC*654654*1*54.54*21.2*87*1*654654654654
CCC*FS*FS*SFD*DSF
GGG*FGH*CGB*FBDFG*FGDG
ABC*654654*1*57.84*45.4*88*2*6546546545
CCC*WSF*SG*FGH*GHJ
ADA*AF*SFG*DFGH*FGH*FGTH
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I have a 100 line code. I have given a sample of it below:
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CCC*FS*FS*SFD*DSF
GGG*FGH*CGB*FBDFG*FGDG
ABC*654654*1*57.84*45.4*88*2*6546546545
CCC*WSF*SG*FGH*GHJ
ADA*AF*SFG*DFGH*FGH*FGTH
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Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted!
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
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this is the line inside a file:
first line Something Today YYDDPPSVXIPYYY0XXXOFFS00000000000?
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In the example above
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wc
WC(1) User Commands WC(1)NAME
wc - print newline, word, and byte counts for each file
SYNOPSIS
wc [OPTION]... [FILE]...
wc [OPTION]... --files0-from=F
DESCRIPTION
Print newline, word, and byte counts for each FILE, and a total line if more than one FILE is specified. With no FILE, or when FILE is -,
read standard input. A word is a non-zero-length sequence of characters delimited by white space. The options below may be used to select
which counts are printed, always in the following order: newline, word, character, byte, maximum line length.
-c, --bytes
print the byte counts
-m, --chars
print the character counts
-l, --lines
print the newline counts
--files0-from=F
read input from the files specified by NUL-terminated names in file F; If F is - then read names from standard input
-L, --max-line-length
print the length of the longest line
-w, --words
print the word counts
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report wc translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin and David MacKenzie.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for wc is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and wc programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info coreutils 'wc invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 June 2014 WC(1)