get the last digit(s) from a line or file

[support_billa]

hello,

i tried several tests to get the last digit(s) from a line or file.

my prefered command is "sed"

but in "sed"   '*' doesn't   mean zero or more occurence like in "grep" , so i use "{0,\}"

example:

RETURN 1

RETURN 11

RETURN 1234

my tests :

echo "RETURN 1" | sed -n '$s/.* \([0-9]\{0,\}\)$/\1/p'
echo "RETURN 11" | sed -n '$s/.* \([0-9]\{0,\}\)$/\1/p'

regards

[Dennis Handly]

>but in "sed"  '*' doesn't  mean zero or more occurrence like in "grep" , so I use "{0,\}"

"*" works fine for me.

$ echo "RETURN 1234" | sed -n '$s/.* \([0-9]*\)$/\1/p'
1234

[Dennis Handly]

>Let's see if the attachment scheme still works.

Yes but it is very hard to get to your attachment.

And you might be able to delete your empty post if you hadn't replied to it.

[James R. Ferguson · Accepted solution]

Hi:

# echo 'RETURN 1234' | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\)$/\1/'
1234
# echo 'RETURN1234'  | sed -e 's/[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\)$/\1/'
1234

 Regards!

...JRF...

[support_billa]

hello,

thx for your perfect answers.

i have a solution

regards

[Pete Randall]

How about a kudo to go with that solution flag?

[James R. Ferguson]

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@Pete Randall wrote:

How about a kudo to go with that solution flag?

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As Pete has pointed out, marking a solution does *not* creat a kudos.  That's another counter-intuitive new feature of this new-fangled community we share.

...JRF...

[Pete Randall]

Just for that Steven, I'm going back through every post I can find and taking back any kudos I've ever given you.  Take that!

[Dennis Handly]

>"Very hard" how?  Clicking on it works for me

I would have to open a new tab and then refer back to the original.  You're making it hard for others to enjoy your wit and repartee.  ;-)
Perhaps you should enable and try the Quick Reply?

And to reply to you, I need to paste your attachment into notepad and then paste back.

(My Copy Plain Text isn't working with firefox 5.0.)

>I thought that it provided a nice reminder of why the next posting includes an annoying text attachment, 

Also if threading of replies is important to you, you should click on the reply below the post and not the one at the top.

(Disabled checking for Copy Plain Text and I didn't need to use notepad this time.)