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# 1  
Old 08-09-2013
Extract value from file
Hi,
I have a file where data is pipe seperated. I want to extract a field which is 12 characters in length and starts with BBG(|BBG000KFWBB1|). Both has pipe delimeter at the start and end. The value can be anywhere in the file.

I want to extract this field that starts with BBG from the file(inputfile.out). File has 70k or more rows. My output should be BBG000KFWBB1.

regards
Sam
# 2  
Old 08-09-2013
Code:
perl -ne 'print "$1\n" if(/.*?\|(.*)\|.*/)' inputfile.out

# 3  
Old 08-09-2013
Not sure what you want, can you post more real data?
Code:
awk 'a=match($0,/\|............\|/) {print substr($0,a+1,12)}'

# 4  
Old 08-09-2013
My input file looks like below . I want to extract the field value which starts with BBG. This value is of 12 chars in length.

Code:
bcd|BBG000KFWBB1|yup|12f
abc|BBG000KFEXB1|red|34f
fuf|BBG001UPRTN7|tum|45f

The output should be like below written to a output.out file
Code:
BBG000KFWBB1
BBG000KFEXB1
BBG001UPRTN7

# 5  
Old 08-09-2013
Then this should do it
Code:
awk 'a=match($0,/\|BBG.........\|/) {print substr($0,a+1,12)}' file

Does your file have other types of filed, other with of field?
Code:
awk -F\| '{print $2}' file

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# 6  
Old 08-09-2013
Thanks it worked Smilie

Code:
nawk 'a=match($0,/\|BBG.........\|/) {print substr($0,a+1,12)}' temp

Also need some details of how it does . What does $0 do and /\?
# 7  
Old 08-09-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by samrat dutta
Also need some details of how it does . What does $0 do and /\?
If you look at your AWK man page or search for AWK tutorials online, you'll quickly find the answer to you $0 question.

/ is a regular expression delimiter and \ is used to escape the character that follows it. If you are not familiar with regular expressions, you need to set aside some time for study.

Regards,
Alister
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