I'm curious, how would I set validation on a field size to make sure it only ever accepts a 6 digit number?
I currently have validation for it to be an integer in place but can't find anywhere that says how to make it only a length of 6 digits.
any tips on the function I should be focussing... (1 Reply)
i don't want to display the whole line but i want to display all the string(s) that match the Regex, even if their are more then one match per line in my file.
data:
mds_ar/bin/uedw92wp.ksh:cat $AI_SQL/wkly_inqry.sql $AI_SQL/wkly_inqry_trtry.sql $AI_SQL/wkly_nb_trtry.sql \... (18 Replies)
Hi ,
I have a line by line output as follows,for example output of ls
sample1
sample2
sample
i need to check if this output contains the exact string sample.If i use grep , it will find out all strings that contain sample as a part of their word.I dont want to do a pattern matching... (11 Replies)
Hi ,
I want to create a shell script which will find the complexity of a sql script.Suppose a.sql holds the following two query --
select * from table1 a ,table2 b
where a.column1=b.column1;
select * from table1 a ,(select * from table1 c ,table2 d where c.column1=d.column1) e
where... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I need to construct a pattern to match the below string (especially the timestamp at the beginning)
20101222100436_temp.dat
The below pattern works _temp.dat
However I am trying find if there are any other better representations.
I tried {14}, but it did not work.
I am on... (5 Replies)
hi all, im having problems. I need to change all number 10 in a text file to word form, or in short from 10->ten. the thing is number 10 including in dates such as 10/22/1997 or 03-10-2011 should not be changed. im having some trouble because the file contains numbers like "price range from... (11 Replies)
Hello all! I've looked all over the internet and this site and have come up a loss with an easy way to make a bash script to do what I want to do. I have a file with a naming convention as follows:
2012-01-18 string of words here 123.jpg
2012-01-18 string of words here 1234.jpg
2012-01-18... (2 Replies)
Hi All
I am new to this forum and also regex.
I am using bash scripting and have a file like this
"0012","efgh","12345678","adfdf", "36598745"
"87654321","hijk","lmno"
I want the ouput to be
12345678
36598745
87654321
Criteria like this
- number
- 8 carachters long
Please let... (21 Replies)
I have a line that I need to parse through and extract a pattern that occurs multiple times in it.
Example line:
getInfoCall: info received please proceed, getInfoCall: info received please proceed, getInfoCall: info received please proceed, getInfoCall: info received please proceed,... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vidhyaprakash
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
re_comp
regex(3) Library Functions Manual regex(3)Name
re_comp, re_exec - regular expression handler
Syntax
char *re_comp(s)
char *s;
re_exec(s)
char *s;
Description
The subroutine compiles a string into an internal form suitable for pattern matching. The subroutine checks the argument string against
the last string passed to
The subroutine returns 0 if the string s was compiled successfully; otherwise a string containing an error message is returned. If is
passed 0 or a null string, it returns without changing the currently compiled regular expression.
The subroutine returns 1 if the string s matches the last compiled regular expression, 0 if the string s failed to match the last compiled
regular expression, and -1 if the compiled regular expression was invalid (indicating an internal error).
The strings passed to both and may have trailing or embedded newline characters; they are terminated by nulls. The regular expressions
recognized are described in the manual entry for given the above difference.
Diagnostics
The subroutine returns -1 for an internal error.
The subroutine returns one of the following strings if an error occurs:
No previous regular expression
Regular expression too long
unmatched (
missing ]
too many () pairs
unmatched )
See Alsoed(1), ex(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), grep(1)regex(3)