Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:40:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mbettinger@championelevators.com Subject: Re: OT sed help Message-ID: <200209191940.g8JJeUGu069968@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200209190938.35632.matt@championelevators.com>
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Matthew Bettinger <matt@championelevators.com> wrote: > 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? It's probably easiest to use awk for that job: awk '(length($1) > 8)' flatfile.txt Regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "All that we see or seem is just a dream within a dream" (E. A. Poe) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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