# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-09-19 09:38:33 -0500:
> 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?
untested:
% grep -En '^\w{9,}' yourfile
--
begin 666 nonexistent.vbs
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