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# 1  
Old 04-17-2015
Extract all first numeric character from a string
Hello,

I have a file of strings a below:-

Code:
4358RYFHD9845
28/COC/UYF984
9834URD 98HJDU

I need to extract all the first numeric character of every sting as follows:-

Code:
4358
28
9834

thanks to suggest ASAP

Regards,
Jasi

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Mod Comment Use code tags, thanks.
Last edited by zaxxon; 04-17-2015 at 08:50 AM..
# 2  
Old 04-17-2015
If your grep version supports -o

Code:
grep -oE '^[0-9]+' file

# 3  
Old 04-17-2015
Another one with sed:
Code:
$ sed 's/^\([0-9]\+\).*/\1/' infile
4358
28
9834

# 4  
Old 04-17-2015
I guess you meant group of numeric chars, not a single one. Try
Code:
sed 's/[^[:digit:]].*$//' file
4358
28
9834

# 5  
Old 04-17-2015
Hi
In buit-in bash:
Code:
while read ; do echo ${REPLY%%[^[:digit:]]*}; done <file
4358
28
9834

Regards.
# 6  
Old 04-17-2015
Could try:
Code:
tr -d [:alpha:] < sample.txt

hth

EDIT:
Misread, nevermind.
This removes all letters from the file.
Last edited by sea; 04-18-2015 at 09:03 AM..
# 7  
Old 04-17-2015
Standard sed:
Code:
sed 's/[^0-9].*//' file
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