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Old 05-08-2012
how to find these records.
Hi, Unix Gurus,

I need find records in a file which first 5 character is empty.
eg.
Code:
12344567 233  467
     345 435  456
2334455555 4t54 eee
233445555 444 aaa
     eerer eree eree

i want to find
Code:
        345 435  456
        eerer eree eree

Smilie

Thanks in advance
ken002
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Old 05-08-2012
Code:
grep "^     " inputfile

# 3  
Old 05-08-2012
Technically, the first 5 are space characters, not "empty". Smilie
Code:
grep "^ \{5\}" input_file

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