Find a string and then return the next 20 characters in multiple files
Hello all,
I have a directory with 2000+ files. I need to look in each file for an invoice number. To identify this, i can search for the string 'BIG' and then retrieve the next 30 characters. I was thinking awk for this, but not sure how to do it. Each file contains one long string and in the middle is the invoice number. If i can find the position of the 'BIG' pattern, then grab the next 30 characters, I can extrapolate the invoice number I need.
I basically need to pull out all 2000+ invoice numbers and put them in one file, one invoice number per line.
Any help is much appreciated??
SAMPLE input:
output needed:
keep in mind i need to do this to 2000+ files in one directory.
THANKS!
Jennifer
Last edited by Corona688; 09-25-2013 at 03:34 PM..
I used the following script
cd pathname
for y in `ls *`;
do sed "s/ABCD/DCBA/g" $y > temp; mv temp $y;
done
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mh
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mhj
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cd pathname
for y in `ls *`;
do sed "s/ABCD/DCBA/g" $y > temp; mv temp $y;
done
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