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# 1  
Old 10-23-2009
Read a file content with awk and sed

Hello ,

I have huge file with below content. I need to read the numeric values with in the paranthesis after = sign. Please help me with awk and sed script for it.

11.10.2009 04:02:47 Customer login not found: identifier=(0748502889) prefix=(TEL) serviceCode=().
11.10.2009 04:03:12 Customer login not found: identifier=(0162707245) prefix=(TEL) serviceCode=().
11.10.2009 04:03:12

Thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 10-23-2009
Try this:

Code:
 awk -F"[()]" '{print $2}' file

# 3  
Old 10-23-2009
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{FS=")"}
{
   for (i=1;i<NF;i++){
    gsub(/.*\(/,"",$i)
    if($i ~ /[0-9]+/) print $i
   }
}' file

# 4  
Old 10-24-2009
Hello,

I could not get any output for the first awk script.
For the second one
awk 'BEGIN{FS=")"}
> {
> for (i=1;i<NF;i++){
> gsub(/.*\(/,"",$i)
> if($i ~ /[0-9]+/) print $i
> }
> }' ListofLoginIds.txt

awk: syntax error near line 4
awk: illegal statement near line 4

Please help.
# 5  
Old 10-24-2009
which OS are you using??
try using nawk.. or else use Franklin's solution that will also do..
# 6  
Old 10-24-2009
I am using Solaris.
Franklins solution is only giving empty output.
# 7  
Old 10-24-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by rmv
I am using Solaris.
Franklins solution is only giving empty output.
That means the sample data what you have provided won't match with the actual file content.. please verify...
because for the sample input both code works perfectly..
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