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Old 10-07-2013
Extract number part from the string in ksh 88

I have to extract number part (Date and timestamp part ) from the following 3 strings

Code:
AB_XYZA_20130930183017.log
AB_DY_XYZA_20130930183017.log
AB_GZU_20130930183017.log

Output should be
Code:
20130930183017

Please help me to get the string like above
Thanks

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-07-2013 at 05:40 AM.. Reason: code tags
 

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suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell SYNOPSIS
sh suspend csh suspend ksh suspend DESCRIPTION
sh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). csh Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su. ksh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 suspend(1)
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