Matt:
How about:
grep -E "^\w{9,}," flatfile.txt > morethaneight.txt
- Barry
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> Bettinger
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> Subject: OT sed help
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> Hello,
>
> I know this is off topic however I hope someone can help.
>
> 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?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Matt
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