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Old 05-13-2009
length between 100 and 150
how to locate lines longer than 100 and smaller than 150 characters using sed and grep???
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Old 05-13-2009
Code:
 
i will go for wc -c than sed and grep

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Old 05-13-2009
actually i want to print each line which is longer than 100 and less than 150..
i was able to do it awk
but need a way to do it with grep and sed??
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Old 05-13-2009
Simpler to use the length() function of awk.

Regards
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Old 05-13-2009
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Originally Posted by Franklin52
Simpler to use the length() function of awk.

Regards
i know its easier but any way of doing it with sed and grep???
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Old 05-13-2009
Code:
sed -n '/^.\{100\}/p' myFile | sed '/^.\{150\}/d'

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Old 05-13-2009
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Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
sed -n '/^.\{100\}/p' myFile | sed '/^.\{150\}/d'

same expression worked for grep as wellSmilie
thanks a tonSmilieSmilie

just one more thing can u tell me the exact use of {}...
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