Hello,
Below is my input file's content ( in HP-UX platform ):
ABCD120672-B21 1
ABCD142257-002 1
ABCD142257-003 1
ABCD142257-006 1
From the above, I just want to get the field of 13 characters that comes after 'ABCD' i.e '120672-B21'... . Could... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I need to extract lines based on some conditions as explained below:
File format details:
notes:
1. each set starts with AAA only
2. number of columns is fixed
3. number of rows per set may vary (as one set is upto DDD - 4 rows)
Now, if any BBB's 5th column is blank then then... (4 Replies)
I have a mail log file and I want to extract some lines belonging to one domain. For example
Input File:
Dec 12 03:15:28 postfix/smtpd: 3F481EB0295: client=unknown, sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=abcd@xyz.com
Dec 12 03:22:08 postfix/smtpd: 60B56EE001D: client=5ad9b9ba.com,... (7 Replies)
This is my problem, my file (file A) contains the following information:
Now, I would like to create a file (file B) containing only the lines with 10 or more characters but less than 20 with their corresponding ID:
Then, I need to compare the entries and determine their frequency. Thus, I... (7 Replies)
Hello All,
I am here again scratching my head on pattern selection with special characters.
I have a large file having around 200 entries and i have to select a single line based on a pattern.
I am able to do that:
Code:
cat mytest.txt | awk -F: '/myregex/ { print $2}'
... (6 Replies)
I have hundreds of files to process. In each file
I need to look for a pattern then
extract value(s) from next line and then
search for value(s) selected from point (2) in the same file at a specific position.
HEADER ELECTRON TRANSPORT 18-MAR-98 1A7V
TITLE CYTOCHROME... (7 Replies)
Hi all,
I got a file that contains the following content, Actually it is a part of the file content,
Installing XYZ XYZA Image, API 18, revision 2
Unzipping XYZ XYZA Image, API 18, revision 2 (1%)
Unzipping XYZ XYZA Image, API 18, revision 2 (96%)
Unzipping XYZ XYZA Image, API 18,... (7 Replies)
I have an input file which is similar to what I have shown below.
Pattern : Data followed by two blank lines followed by data again followed by two blank lines followed by data again etc..
The first three lines after every blank line combination(2 blank lines between data) should be... (2 Replies)
I want to extract dates from the files and i have different types of files with pattern. I have list file with the patterns and want to date extract based on it in a sh script
Files in the directory :
file1_20160101.txt
file2_20160101_abc.txt
filexyz20160101.txt
list file with... (2 Replies)
Hello All,
I have multiple files in a hadoop /tmp/cloudera directory.
Filename are as follows
ABC_DATA_BAD5A_RO_F_20161104.CSV
ABC_DATA_BAD6C_VR_F_20161202.CSV
ABC_DATA_BAD7A_TR_F_20162104.CSV
ABC_DATA_BAD2A_BR_F_20161803.CSV
ABC_DATA_BAD3T_KT_F_20160106.CSV
I just need filenames... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: prajaktaraut
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LEARN ABOUT POSIX
regex
regex(1F) FMLI Commands regex(1F)NAME
regex - match patterns against a string
SYNOPSIS
regex [-e] [ -v "string"] [ pattern template] ... pattern [template]
DESCRIPTION
The regex command takes a string from the standard input, and a list of pattern / template pairs, and runs regex() to compare the string
against each pattern until there is a match. When a match occurs, regex writes the corresponding template to the standard output and
returns TRUE. The last (or only) pattern does not need a template. If that is the pattern that matches the string, the function simply
returns TRUE. If no match is found, regex returns FALSE.
The argument pattern is a regular expression of the form described in regex(). In most cases, pattern should be enclosed in single quotes
to turn off special meanings of characters. Note that only the final pattern in the list may lack a template.
The argument template may contain the strings $m0 through $m9, which will be expanded to the part of pattern enclosed in ( ... )$0 through
( ... )$9 constructs (see examples below). Note that if you use this feature, you must be sure to enclose template in single quotes so
that FMLI does not expand $m0 through $m9 at parse time. This feature gives regex much of the power of cut(1), paste(1), and grep(1), and
some of the capabilities of sed(1). If there is no template, the default is $m0$m1$m2$m3$m4$m5$m6$m7$m8$m9.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-e Evaluates the corresponding template and writes the result to the standard output.
-v "string" Uses string instead of the standard input to match against patterns.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Cutting letters out of a string
To cut the 4th through 8th letters out of a string (this example will output strin and return TRUE):
`regex -v "my string is nice" '^.{3}(.{5})$0' '$m0'`
Example 2: Validating input in a form
In a form, to validate input to field 5 as an integer:
valid=`regex -v "$F5" '^[0-9]+$'`
Example 3: Translating an environment variable in a form
In a form, to translate an environment variable which contains one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 to the letters a, b, c, d, e:
value=`regex -v "$VAR1" 1 a 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 e '.*' 'Error'`
Note the use of the pattern '.*' to mean "anything else".
Example 4: Using backquoted expressions
In the example below, all three lines constitute a single backquoted expression. This expression, by itself, could be put in a menu defini-
tion file. Since backquoted expressions are expanded as they are parsed, and output from a backquoted expression (the cat command, in this
example) becomes part of the definition file being parsed, this expression would read /etc/passwd and make a dynamic menu of all the login
ids on the system.
`cat /etc/passwd | regex '^([^:]*)$0.*$' '
name=$m0
action=`message "$m0 is a user"`'`
DIAGNOSTICS
If none of the patterns match, regex returns FALSE, otherwise TRUE.
NOTES
Patterns and templates must often be enclosed in single quotes to turn off the special meanings of characters. Especially if you use the
$m0 through $m9 variables in the template, since FMLI will expand the variables (usually to "") before regex even sees them.
Single characters in character classes (inside []) must be listed before character ranges, otherwise they will not be recognized. For exam-
ple, [a-zA-Z_/] will not find underscores (_) or slashes (/), but [_/a-zA-Z] will.
The regular expressions accepted by regcmp differ slightly from other utilities (that is, sed, grep, awk, ed, and so forth).
regex with the -e option forces subsequent commands to be ignored. In other words, if a backquoted statement appears as follows:
`regex -e ...; command1; command2`
command1 and command2 would never be executed. However, dividing the expression into two:
`regex -e ...``command1; command2`
would yield the desired result.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO awk(1), cut(1), grep(1), paste(1), sed(1), regcmp(3C), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 12 Jul 1999 regex(1F)