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Old 11-05-2010
Search Character
Hi,

I need to search the "BP1418" in xml file(the letter BP remain constant but the number changes randomly and it will be in double quotes) . Can you please let me know how to find these charater in unix.

thanks
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Old 11-05-2010
egrep '"BP[0-9]+"' file.xml will report the whole line it's on. If you want only the number:

egrep -o '"BP[0-9]+"' file.xml
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Old 11-05-2010
Thanks for reply.. but i want to print that charater..
# 4  
Old 11-05-2010
And that doesn't? It looks like it does to me.
Code:
$ echo 'stuff asdf <tag> <tag param="BP1418">' > file.xml
$ egrep -o '"BP[0-9]+'" file.xml
"BP1418"
$

If that's not what you wanted, please explain more clearly.
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