Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:55:51 +0100 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: <mbettinger@championelevators.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: OT sed help Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKIEMDJJAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <200209190938.35632.matt@championelevators.com>
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Matt: How about: grep -E "^\w{9,}," flatfile.txt > morethaneight.txt - Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Phone: +353 1 417 0150 Fax: +353 1 478 5544 Email: barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com Web: www.wbtsystems.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Matthew > Bettinger > Sent: 19 September 2002 15:39 > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: OT sed help > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > I know this is off topic however I hope someone can help. > > I have a flat file that I need to import into a database. The > first field of > the file is a part number which cannot exceed more than 8 characters. > > Does anyone know how I can use sed to count the characters in > the first field > and if there are more than 8 print out a list? > > Thank you. > > Matt > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQE9ieFpXG7+MmNwciURAqRxAJsES932AbaFG0w4+1oGU+K6reogEwCgoEdx > ZEf/Vi3j8vq8HbO4t7gSAqY= > =taxV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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