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# 1  
Old 09-23-2009
regular expression on AIX
Hi

Im running this commad on AIX in ksh

samp1 file contains
1
2
123
1234

When i execute the following simple reg exp i dont get the matched pattern
sed -n '/[0-9]+/p' samp1
or
sed -n '/[0-9]\+/p' samp1
or
grep '[0-9]+' samp1

i have the same prob with '?' also

help me guys..
# 2  
Old 09-23-2009
The first sed command is NOT expected to work. You need to escape the + as you do in the second. The first GREP command also requires the backslash in front of + . Alternatively, you can use "egrep" to work.

I'm not sure what's wrong with the second SED command, however.

In all cases, you can use this regular expression:
Code:
[0-9][0-9]*

# 3  
Old 09-23-2009
that is the problem actually. I ve been working with these regular expression and now even trying out the above second sed dint work.. Is this anything to do whith shell or AIX server.. Im using this in ksh
# 4  
Old 09-23-2009
Not from what you provided here. For the second SED command, do you need the -n switch here? Remove the -n switch and the /p modifier.

Just to be clear, there's nothing about ksh that should cause this to happen. But if you are paranoid, try it in csh or sh.
# 5  
Old 09-23-2009
Got the same problem on AIX often so I usually use it like this to simulate the +:

Code:
sed -n '/[0-9]\{1,\}/p' infile

For the thing of removing -n and p he will have no luck since it will result in the following:
Code:
# sed '/[0-9]\{1,\}/p' infile
1
1
2
2
123
123
1234
1234
# sed '/[0-9]\{1,\}/' infile
sed: 0602-403 /[0-9]\{1,\}/ is not a recognized function.
# sed '/[0-9]\{1,\}/p' infile
1
1
2
2
123
123
1234
1234
# sed -n '/[0-9]\{1,\}/p' infile
1
2
123
1234

# 6  
Old 09-23-2009
Thank u very much Smilie
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