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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers look for specific values in a file and rename file with value found Post 302665259 by dssyadav on Monday 2nd of July 2012 08:32:39 AM
Old 07-02-2012
Hi Athix,
the record position can be any where(not the 5th line each time) ...but the string length is always 4 characters..but if string exist it will be from 17th position from start of the line (any of the line)..
 

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MB_STRRIPOS(3)								 1							    MB_STRRIPOS(3)

mb_strripos - Finds position of last occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive

SYNOPSIS
int mb_strripos (string $haystack, string $needle, [int $offset], [string $encoding = mb_internal_encoding()]) DESCRIPTION
mb_strripos(3) performs multi-byte safe strripos(3) operation based on number of characters. $needle position is counted from the beginning of $haystack. First character's position is 0. Second character position is 1. Unlike mb_strrpos(3), mb_strripos(3) is case-insensitive. PARAMETERS
o $haystack - The string from which to get the position of the last occurrence of $needle o $needle - The string to find in $haystack o $offset - The position in $haystack to start searching o $encoding - Character encoding name to use. If it is omitted, internal character encoding is used. RETURN VALUES
Return the numeric position of the last occurrence of $needle in the $haystack string, or FALSE if $needle is not found. SEE ALSO
strripos(3), strrpos(3), mb_strrpos(3). PHP Documentation Group MB_STRRIPOS(3)
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