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# 8  
Old 10-14-2013
Doesn't work on my VM ubuntu ...

Code:
$ cat tst2
abc,def,data, data,0011234567890, data,data
abc,def,data, data,00112345678901, data,data
abc,def,data, data,001123456789, data,data
abc,def,data, data,001123456789x, data,data
abc,def,data, data,0021234567890, data,data
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"[0-9]{10}"' tst2
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"..........$"' tst2
abc,def,data, data,0011234567890, data,data
abc,def,data, data,001123456789x, data,data
$ uname -a
Linux <anonymized> 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

That one works
Code:
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"..........$"&&$5!~/[^0-9]/' tst2
abc,def,data, data,0011234567890, data,data
$

Last edited by ctsgnb; 10-14-2013 at 03:02 PM..
# 9  
Old 10-14-2013
ERE/BRE, maybe? How about
Code:
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"[[:digit:]]\{10\}$"' file
awk: cmd. line:1: warning: escape sequence `\{' treated as plain `{'
awk: cmd. line:1: warning: escape sequence `\}' treated as plain `}'
abc,def,data, data,0011234567890, data,data

(which my GNU awk 4.1.0 doesn't like much)

Or the looong version, of course Smilie.
Code:
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"' file
abc,def,data, data,0011234567890, data,data

# 10  
Old 10-14-2013
Of course the long version works fine Smilie
( i also thought about it earlier but it was so long, i had preferred to put the one with &&$5!~/[^0-9]/
Code:
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$"' tst2
abc,def,data, data,0011234567890, data,data
$

But the backslashed short one still doesn't :
Code:
$ awk -F, -v c=001 '$5~"^"c"[[:digit:]]\{10\}$"' tst2
$

# 11  
Old 10-14-2013
Try adding --re-interval to the flags.
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