Shell Programming and Scripting

I want to match variable with Point codes.

Code:

$Input == xyz-mno-pqr

x,y,z,m,n,o,p,q,r are numbers from 0 to 9.

It may or may not be there

eg

Code:

207-89-67

027-089-067

207-9-7

25-98-1

Like these inputs.

How to match these ?

Please give us some context. Are you trying to match this format in an awk script, in a sed script, in a shell script, ...? What are you going to do after you successfully or unsuccessfully try to match the format?

What OS are you using? What shell do you want to use (or can we select a shell based on what you're trying to do)?

Do I correctly interpret your question to be: How do I verify that the string contained in a variable, field, or line is of the format x-y-z where x, y, and z each consist of one, two, or three decimal digits?

Hi Don Cragun,

Thanks for your reply.
My issue is resolved/

Code:

bash-3.2$ cat raza
#!/usr/bin/bash
Input="$1"
echo "$Input"
if [[ $Input =~ ^[0-9]{1,3}-[0-9]{1,3}-[0-9]{1,3}$ ]]
then
echo "HELLO"
PC=`echo "$Input" |sed -e 's/^[0]*//g'|sed -e's/-[0]*/-/g'`
grep -hw "$PC" /appl/voip/voipfiles/trunkgroups/tglastrun.mostrecent
else
echo "Hi"
egrep -h "$Input" /appl/voip/voipfiles/trunkgroups/tglastrun.mostrecent
fi
bash-3.2$

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