awk pattern matching

[goros]

Hello!

In a line like this

21zCases-Peripherals Combo LOGITECH 176-83-LODMK250 LOGITECH WIRELESS DESKTOP MK250 920-002653 920-002653 ????????? 16,90 0,24 22,82

i'm trying to extract /176-83-LODMK250/ with /^[0-9]{2,3}-[0-9]{2,3}-*/)print $i

but is not working.

Some suggestions??

Thank you.

 

[Annihilannic]

Something like this:

awk --re-interval '
        {
                [olive]for[/olive] (i=1; i<=[blue]NF[/blue]; i++) {
                        [olive]if[/olive] ([blue]$i[/blue] ~ [green]/^[0-9]{2,3}-[0-9]{2,3}-/[/green]) { [b]print[/b] [blue]$i[/blue] }
                }
        }
' inputfile

Note that the {2,3} Extended Regular Expression syntax is not supported by normal awk, so you need to use GNU awk with the --re-interval option.

Annihilannic.

 

[goros]

thank you very much!!!!