To get script to Grep particular Pattern

[Aakaash]

Hi Experts,

I am trying to select records from file (inputfile) based on a file that contains string patterns. The UNIX script must look for these all the patterns in the file in a particular location.

e.g.

Sample Input File

AAAAAA8301010707010703015
C1$$$1107019999990403266F706F70C 4398 C 5220 C 5227 C 5401 C 5423 C 5515 C 5771 C 578402C 5789 C 5796 C 5807 C 5821 C 582501C 5859 C 6003 C 6225 C 7292 C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1$$$2107019999990403266E476E47C 408703C 4398 C 5220 C 5227 C 5401 C 5423 C 5515 C 5771 C 578402C 5789 C 5796 C 5807 C 5821 C 582501C 5859 C 6003 C 6225 C 6502 C 7292 C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1$$$3107019999990403266E486E48C 408703C 6502
C1$$$7107019999990403266F706F70C 4398 C 5220 C 5227 C 5401 C 5423 C 5515 C 5769 C 577501C 5815 C 5821 C 5857 C 6003 C 6225 C 7292 C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1$$$8107019999990403266E476E47C 408703C 4398 C 5220 C 5227 C 5401 C 5423 C 5515 C 5769 C 577501C 5815 C 5821 C 5857 C 6003 C 6225 C 6502 C 7292 C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1$$$9107019999990403266E486E48C 408703C 6502
C1***49707019999999809156F706F70C 3315 C 4084 C 4398 C 496109C 511303C 5220 C 5227 C 5423 C 5821 C 6003 C 7021 C 729201C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1***59707019999999809156E476E47C 3315 C 4084 C 408703C 4398 C 496109C 511303C 5220 C 5227 C 5423 C 5821 C 6003 C 6502 C 7021 C 729201C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1***69707019999999809156F706F70C 3315 C 4084 C 4398 C 496207C 511304C 5220 C 5227 C 5423 C 5821 C 6003 C 7021 C 729201C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1***79707019999999809156E476E47C 3315 C 4084 C 408703C 4398 C 496207C 511304C 5220 C 5227 C 5423 C 5821 C 6003 C 6502 C 7021 C 729201C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1*TT19907019999990206036F706F70C 3315 C 4084 C 4397 C 4398 C 496001C 515106C 5220 C 5227 C 5401 C 5423 C 5821 C 6003 C 7021 C 729201C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1*TT29907019999990206036E476E47C 3315 C 4084 C 408703C 4397 C 4398 C 496001C 515106C 5220 C 5227 C 5401 C 5423 C 5821 C 6003 C 6502 C 7021 C 729201C 9770 C 990903C 993009
C1*TT39907019999990206036E486E48C 408703C 6502
C1*1AL9807019999990608176F706F70C 1220 C 2503 C 2851 C 3920 C 4398 C 5401 C 5537 C 993009
C1*1CS9707019999990608156E476E47C 408703C 4398 C 5401 C 5515 C 5769 C 5859 C 6225 C 6502 C 993009
C1*1DS9807019999990608216E476E47C 1700 C 3315 C 4084 C 408703C 4398 C 496109C 5401 C 551808C 6502 C 993009
C1*1JG9507019999990608156E476E47C 408703C 4398 C 5401 C 5515 C 6225 C 6502 C 993009


Sample Pattern File:

528H
528J
528K
528L
528M

I need to search for 528H in location 3 through 7 only and write the whole record to another file if there is a match.

What I have so far:

egrep -f pattern bi3_forms.txt > inbi3_forms.txt

Problem: This command finds patterns all over the record not just from location 3 through 7.

awk 'substr($0,3,4) == "528H"' bi3_forms.txt > inbi3_forms.txt

Problem: This command finds the pattern location 3 through 7 but does not take a pattern file as input.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[blah2blah]

awk 'BEGIN{
while ((getline < "pattFile") > 0)
{a[$0]=1;}
}
{
if ( a[substr($0,3,4)]) print;
}' inputFile > outFile

[Hein van den Heuvel]

That's rather lousy sample data!
No good nor bad sample match present.

Is the list always as nice as the example?
If so, you could capture it in a regexpr.

awk 'match(substr($0,3,4),/528[HJLM]/)' data


prior solution as 1 liner and a little shorter:

$ awk 'BEGIN{while ((getline < "list") > 0){a[$0]=1;} } a[substr($0,3,4)]' data

fwiw,
Hein.

[Dennis Handly]

You might be able to simply your request by first grepping the whole record for your keys then use awk to make sure. That's assuming you want 528 as a prefix:
grep -f pattern bi3_forms.txt | awk 'substr($0,3,3) == "528"'

[Sandman!]

If the pattern consists of only the data provided then use:

# grep '^..528[HJKLM].*$' infile > outfile

...above will locate the pattern at cols 3-7 only OR to be somewhat generic use:

# grep '^..[0-9]\{3\}[HJKLM].*$' infile > outfile

...above will locate the pattern that has 3 digits followed by either H/J/K/L/M in cols 3-7. Or you could use the one below to locate the pattern that has 3 digits followed by an uppercase alphabet:

# grep '^..[0-9]\{3\}[A-Z].*$' infile > outfile

Or to locate the pattern that has 3 digits followed by an upper/lower case alphabet use:

# grep '^..[0-9]\{3\}[A-Za-z].*$' infile > outfile

~hope it helps

[Arturo Galbiati]

Hi,
use this sample pattern file:
..528H
..528J
..528K
..528L
..528M

grep -f pattern b13_forms.txt

and teh grep will look for the pattern starting in position 3.

HTH,
Art

[Dennis Handly]

>Art: use this sample pattern file: ..528H
>grep will look for the pattern starting in position 3.

You need to anchor each pattern otherwise it will find it in other columns:
^..528H

[Nitin Kumar Gupta]

Use

If you want to collect 528[HJKLM] from 3rd char or from 4th char or 7th char etc, you can use


grep -e '^..528[HJKLM]' -e '^...528[HJKLM]' -e '^....528[HJKLM]' -e '^.....528[HJKLM]' -e '^......528[HJKLM]'


Rgds
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