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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T07:48:00+00:00 2026-05-24T07:48:00+00:00

I need to extract a string with only single or double digit number in

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I need to extract a string with only single or double digit number in them. my file (test) looks like

test1correct
test12something
test123wrong

In the above example, i want to grep only for
test1correct and test12something

I tried this
grep “test[0-9]{1,2}” test but it gives me all the 3 lines.

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    2026-05-24T07:48:01+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 7:48 am

    use: grep "test[0-9]{1,2}[^0-9]“

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