Filter list based on number of digits in strings

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I have long list of entries are recorded in a file, something like this short list:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . .


I want to filter this list based on the number of digits within each entry and if the number of digits more than a specific threshold then keep the string otherwise remove it. in the previous example, how can I keep all the entries that have 18 digits in its names?



Expected out put:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


Very big probelm here please help!!!






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    All of those have 32 digits; they just happen to be hexidecimal digits.
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I have long list of entries are recorded in a file, something like this short list:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . .


I want to filter this list based on the number of digits within each entry and if the number of digits more than a specific threshold then keep the string otherwise remove it. in the previous example, how can I keep all the entries that have 18 digits in its names?



Expected out put:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


Very big probelm here please help!!!






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    All of those have 32 digits; they just happen to be hexidecimal digits.
    – DopeGhoti
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up vote
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down vote

favorite











I have long list of entries are recorded in a file, something like this short list:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . .


I want to filter this list based on the number of digits within each entry and if the number of digits more than a specific threshold then keep the string otherwise remove it. in the previous example, how can I keep all the entries that have 18 digits in its names?



Expected out put:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


Very big probelm here please help!!!






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I have long list of entries are recorded in a file, something like this short list:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
6846DFEC-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
. . . . 

. . . . 

. . . .


I want to filter this list based on the number of digits within each entry and if the number of digits more than a specific threshold then keep the string otherwise remove it. in the previous example, how can I keep all the entries that have 18 digits in its names?



Expected out put:



FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


Very big probelm here please help!!!






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    All of those have 32 digits; they just happen to be hexidecimal digits.
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    All of those have 32 digits; they just happen to be hexidecimal digits.
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All of those have 32 digits; they just happen to be hexidecimal digits.
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All of those have 32 digits; they just happen to be hexidecimal digits.
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With awk:



awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF > 18'


We use digits as the field separator, so the number of fields will be one plus the number of digits (x1y is split into x and y), so above we're looking for lines that have at least 18 digits.



(with mawk, replace [:digit:] with 0-9. mawk doesn't support POSIX character classes, but it's [0-9] contrary to other awk implementations matches on 0123456789 only regardless of the locale. Portably, you can use [0123456789], or you can use [0-9] is you know the text doesn't contain non-ASCII data).



For lines that have exactly 18 digits, that would be:



awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF == 19'


With sed, for at least 18 digits:



sed -e 's/[[:digit:]]/&/18;t' -e d


With grep:



grep -E '(.*[[:digit:]])18'





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    Let's say that the data are saved in a file called file.txt, then you can do something like:



    #!/bin/bash
    cat file.txt | while IFS= read line; do

    n=$(echo $line | awk 'print gsub("[0-9]", "")')
    if [[ $n -gt 17 ]]; then 

    echo $line
    fi
    done

    FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
    682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
    682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


    Or 



    awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18'





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    • or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
      – Jeff Schaller
      3 hours ago







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      @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
      – Stéphane Chazelas
      3 hours ago










    • @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
      – Goro
      3 hours ago










    • @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
      – Goro
      3 hours ago

















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    How about using the return value of perl's tr (similar to using the returnvalue of awk's gsub)



    $ perl -ne 'print if tr0-90-9 >= 18' file
    FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
    682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
    682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049




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      With awk:



      awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF > 18'


      We use digits as the field separator, so the number of fields will be one plus the number of digits (x1y is split into x and y), so above we're looking for lines that have at least 18 digits.



      (with mawk, replace [:digit:] with 0-9. mawk doesn't support POSIX character classes, but it's [0-9] contrary to other awk implementations matches on 0123456789 only regardless of the locale. Portably, you can use [0123456789], or you can use [0-9] is you know the text doesn't contain non-ASCII data).



      For lines that have exactly 18 digits, that would be:



      awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF == 19'


      With sed, for at least 18 digits:



      sed -e 's/[[:digit:]]/&/18;t' -e d


      With grep:



      grep -E '(.*[[:digit:]])18'





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        With awk:



        awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF > 18'


        We use digits as the field separator, so the number of fields will be one plus the number of digits (x1y is split into x and y), so above we're looking for lines that have at least 18 digits.



        (with mawk, replace [:digit:] with 0-9. mawk doesn't support POSIX character classes, but it's [0-9] contrary to other awk implementations matches on 0123456789 only regardless of the locale. Portably, you can use [0123456789], or you can use [0-9] is you know the text doesn't contain non-ASCII data).



        For lines that have exactly 18 digits, that would be:



        awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF == 19'


        With sed, for at least 18 digits:



        sed -e 's/[[:digit:]]/&/18;t' -e d


        With grep:



        grep -E '(.*[[:digit:]])18'





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          up vote
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          With awk:



          awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF > 18'


          We use digits as the field separator, so the number of fields will be one plus the number of digits (x1y is split into x and y), so above we're looking for lines that have at least 18 digits.



          (with mawk, replace [:digit:] with 0-9. mawk doesn't support POSIX character classes, but it's [0-9] contrary to other awk implementations matches on 0123456789 only regardless of the locale. Portably, you can use [0123456789], or you can use [0-9] is you know the text doesn't contain non-ASCII data).



          For lines that have exactly 18 digits, that would be:



          awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF == 19'


          With sed, for at least 18 digits:



          sed -e 's/[[:digit:]]/&/18;t' -e d


          With grep:



          grep -E '(.*[[:digit:]])18'





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          With awk:



          awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF > 18'


          We use digits as the field separator, so the number of fields will be one plus the number of digits (x1y is split into x and y), so above we're looking for lines that have at least 18 digits.



          (with mawk, replace [:digit:] with 0-9. mawk doesn't support POSIX character classes, but it's [0-9] contrary to other awk implementations matches on 0123456789 only regardless of the locale. Portably, you can use [0123456789], or you can use [0-9] is you know the text doesn't contain non-ASCII data).



          For lines that have exactly 18 digits, that would be:



          awk -F '[[:digit:]]' 'NF == 19'


          With sed, for at least 18 digits:



          sed -e 's/[[:digit:]]/&/18;t' -e d


          With grep:



          grep -E '(.*[[:digit:]])18'






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              Let's say that the data are saved in a file called file.txt, then you can do something like:



              #!/bin/bash
              cat file.txt | while IFS= read line; do

              n=$(echo $line | awk 'print gsub("[0-9]", "")')
              if [[ $n -gt 17 ]]; then 

              echo $line
              fi
              done

              FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


              Or 



              awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18'





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              • or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
                – Jeff Schaller
                3 hours ago







              • 2




                @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
                – Stéphane Chazelas
                3 hours ago










              • @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
                – Goro
                3 hours ago










              • @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
                – Goro
                3 hours ago














              up vote
              1
              down vote













              Let's say that the data are saved in a file called file.txt, then you can do something like:



              #!/bin/bash
              cat file.txt | while IFS= read line; do

              n=$(echo $line | awk 'print gsub("[0-9]", "")')
              if [[ $n -gt 17 ]]; then 

              echo $line
              fi
              done

              FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


              Or 



              awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18'





              share|improve this answer






















              • or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
                – Jeff Schaller
                3 hours ago







              • 2




                @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
                – Stéphane Chazelas
                3 hours ago










              • @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
                – Goro
                3 hours ago










              • @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
                – Goro
                3 hours ago












              up vote
              1
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              up vote
              1
              down vote









              Let's say that the data are saved in a file called file.txt, then you can do something like:



              #!/bin/bash
              cat file.txt | while IFS= read line; do

              n=$(echo $line | awk 'print gsub("[0-9]", "")')
              if [[ $n -gt 17 ]]; then 

              echo $line
              fi
              done

              FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


              Or 



              awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18'





              share|improve this answer














              Let's say that the data are saved in a file called file.txt, then you can do something like:



              #!/bin/bash
              cat file.txt | while IFS= read line; do

              n=$(echo $line | awk 'print gsub("[0-9]", "")')
              if [[ $n -gt 17 ]]; then 

              echo $line
              fi
              done

              FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049


              Or 



              awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18'






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              • or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
                – Jeff Schaller
                3 hours ago







              • 2




                @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
                – Stéphane Chazelas
                3 hours ago










              • @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
                – Goro
                3 hours ago










              • @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
                – Goro
                3 hours ago
















              • or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
                – Jeff Schaller
                3 hours ago







              • 2




                @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
                – Stéphane Chazelas
                3 hours ago










              • @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
                – Goro
                3 hours ago










              • @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
                – Goro
                3 hours ago















              or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
              – Jeff Schaller
              3 hours ago





              or, more directly, awk 'if (gsub("[0-9]", "") > 17) print;' < file.txt
              – Jeff Schaller
              3 hours ago





              2




              2




              @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
              – Stéphane Chazelas
              3 hours ago




              @JeffSchaller, you'd want awk 'gsub("[0-9]", "&") >= 18' instead.
              – Stéphane Chazelas
              3 hours ago












              @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
              – Goro
              3 hours ago




              @Stéphane Chazelas. Correct thanks!
              – Goro
              3 hours ago












              @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
              – Goro
              3 hours ago




              @Jeff Schaller I really don't know, this is what come to mind, very old style ;-)
              – Goro
              3 hours ago










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              How about using the return value of perl's tr (similar to using the returnvalue of awk's gsub)



              $ perl -ne 'print if tr0-90-9 >= 18' file
              FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
              682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049




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                How about using the return value of perl's tr (similar to using the returnvalue of awk's gsub)



                $ perl -ne 'print if tr0-90-9 >= 18' file
                FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
                682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
                682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049




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                  How about using the return value of perl's tr (similar to using the returnvalue of awk's gsub)



                  $ perl -ne 'print if tr0-90-9 >= 18' file
                  FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
                  682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
                  682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049




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                  How about using the return value of perl's tr (similar to using the returnvalue of awk's gsub)



                  $ perl -ne 'print if tr0-90-9 >= 18' file
                  FFF1B976-9DDE-11E7-9C3D-6241D7D553BE
                  682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049
                  682D9DB6-C0A2-11E8-B7A8-3ECB9C0CC049





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