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Asked: May 15, 20262026-05-15T03:30:03+00:00 2026-05-15T03:30:03+00:00

If I have an awk command pattern { … } and pattern uses a

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If I have an awk command

pattern { ... }

and pattern uses a capturing group, how can I access the string so captured in the block?

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    2026-05-15T03:30:05+00:00Added an answer on May 15, 2026 at 3:30 am

    That was a stroll down memory lane…

    I replaced awk by perl a long time ago.

    Apparently the AWK regular expression engine does not capture its groups.

    you might consider using something like :

    perl -n -e'/test(\d+)/ && print $1'
    

    the -n flag causes perl to loop over every line like awk does.

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