Finding patterns

[siswjh]

I would like to write a script that searches for a pattern in a line.

The line will look something like this:

Index Filename CreationDateCreationTime Bytes Download
1 samename.001 Y
2 samename.002 N

I want to search the lines and where the Download header is if it has a N I want to download that file. But I am not sure how to get the search right as far as the numbers after the file name in otherwords .001 or .002 so on and so forth. I think but am not sure that I can do it like this:

if /samename\.\d(3) && N$/;

am I on the right track or am I driving around in circles.

Thanks for any help
Jesse

 

[MikeLacey]

Try

/samename\.\d(3).*N$/

Mike

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