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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T20:02:38+00:00 2026-06-02T20:02:38+00:00

I need help with a regex to extract mac addresses from a large file.

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I need help with a regex to extract mac addresses from a large file.

Here is the format of the file:

Wed Apr 25 10:15:32 EDT 2012 Client: 00aa11bb22cc mac
Wed Apr 25 10:15:34 EDT 2012 Client: aa11bb22cc33 pc

Here is what I am currently trying with no luck:

grep -io '[0-9a-f]{12}' file.txt > macs.txt

Any ideas? I just want to extract only the mac address part into the file called macs.txt.

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    2026-06-02T20:02:40+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 8:02 pm

    Try:

    grep -io '[0-9a-f]\{12\}' file.txt > macs.txt
    
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