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How do you do this using vi editor or from the shell prompt?

awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if(length($i) > 16) print $i}' file

Joe

tr -c '[:alpha:]' '[\n*]' < file | awk 'length>16'

You may have to adjust the 'tr' command to match your notion of word.

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:1,$s/[ \t]/^M/g
:v/[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]/d

(17 repeats of [a-zA-Z])
( ^M use ctrl-v ctrl-m )

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Quote:> :v/[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]/d
> (17 repeats of [a-zA-Z])

Btw, are there any vi's that don't understand this syntax (or "\{17,17\}")?

Peppe   [just curious]
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Quote:>How about ":v/[a-zA-Z]\{17\}/d".

>Btw, are there any vi's that don't understand this syntax (or "\{17,17\}")?

nvi: Version 1.79 (10/23/96) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley.
says: The v command doesn't permit an address of 0.

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