Question

I need to get a specific string from a bigger string:

From these Abcd1234_Tot9012_tore.dr or Abcd1234_Tot9012.tore.dr

I want to get those numbers which are between Tot and _ or . , so I should get 9012. Important thing is that the number of characters before and after these numbers may vary.

Could anyone give me a nice solution for this? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This should also work if you are looking only for numbers after Tot

[srikanth@myhost ~]$ echo "Abcd1234_Tot9012_tore.dr" | awk ' { match($0,/Tot([0-9]*)/,a); print a[1]; } '
9012
[srikanth@myhost ~]$ echo "Abcd1234_Tot9012.tore.dr" | awk ' { match($0,/Tot([0-9]*)/,a); print a[1]; } '
9012