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# 1  
Old 02-03-2010
Field size finder
hi
i have a file and its contents is as below:


8290804808
1338108313
1313141441
13131313133
1313131311
33424242242
23242424242

i want to print only those fields in bold. how to do it?
# 2  
Old 02-03-2010
Fields 11 characters long?

Code:
sed "/^.\{11\}$/!d" input_file

or the same in awk
Code:
awk 'length == 11' input_file

# 3  
Old 02-03-2010
Code:
sed -n '/^.\{11\}$/p' urfile
awk -F "" 'NF==11' OFS=""  urfile

# 4  
Old 02-03-2010
thanks a bunch!!! it worksSmilie
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