>>Dima wrote:
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
>>If I use awk --re-interval, it should accept reg-expr like [0-9]{5} to mean
>>"five numbers in row" (a reg-expr definition of ZIP code?), but it doesn't.
...
Interval expressions ...
... are requested with this option, or when
> --posix is specified.
Sorry: a follow up on my own, and incorrect, post. I forgot to clip
awk output in, and now that I re-run it I (finally :) got the message.
Eris:dima:~$ awk --posix '{ if($0 ~ /[1-9]{4}/) print $0; }' MICE
>From - Wed Jun 25 04:08:57 1997
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 09:41:31 -0500
Eris:dima:~$ awk --re-intervals '{ if($0 ~ /[1-9]{4}/) print $0; }' MICE
Eris:dima:~$
(I used a wrong awk switch when I wrote that reply). It looks like bug
indeed, I suggest you report it.
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