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# 15  
Old 09-05-2008
parse string in filename
hi!

i tried using this method to parse a filename, but i had no success. can anyone help me figure out how to parse this filename?

fmc_000.bshort

just looking to get the number, 000.

thanks in advance!
# 16  
Old 09-05-2008
Something like this maybe?

Code:
number=`echo "$filename" | tr -dc 0-9`

We can't guess from a single filename how to generalize for your particular situation, but the above should work for anything with a single number in the middle.
# 17  
Old 09-05-2008
Code:
# a=fmc_000.bshort
# a=${a#*_}
# echo ${a%.*}
000

# 18  
Old 09-05-2008
Another...

Code:
echo fmc_000.bshort | awk -F"[_|.]" '{print $2}'
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