--Edit-- The current answers have some useful ideas but I want something more complete that I can 100% understand and reuse; that\'s why I set a bounty. Als
Hans if you don't mind I used your neighbor's washing machine called perl :)
Edited: Below a pseudo code:
loop through input
if line contains 'if(' set skip=true
if skip= true do nothing
else
if line match '\b\d{5}\b' set s0=true
if line does not match s1 condition set s1=true
if line does not match s2 condition set s2=true
if s0,s1,s2 are true print line
if line contains '//endif' set skip=false
Given the file input.txt:
tiago@dell:~$ cat input.txt
this is a text
it should match 12345
if(
it should not match 12345
//endif
it should match 12345
it should not match 12345.
it should not match ( blabla 12345 blablabla )
it should not match ( 12345 )
it should match 12345
And the script validator.pl:
tiago@dell:~$ cat validator.pl
#! /usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
sub validate_s0 {
my $line = $_[0];
if ( $line =~ \d{5/ ){
return "true";
}
return "false";
}
sub validate_s1 {
my $line = $_[0];
if ( $line =~ /\.$/ ){
return "false";
}
return "true";
}
sub validate_s2 {
my $line = $_[0];
if ( $line =~ /.*?\(.*\d{5.*?\).*/ ){
return "false";
}
return "true";
}
my $skip = "false";
while (<>){
my $line = $_;
if( $line =~ /if\(/ ){
$skip = "true";
}
if ( $skip eq "false" ) {
my $s0_status = validate_s0 "$line";
my $s1_status = validate_s1 "$line";
my $s2_status = validate_s2 "$line";
if ( $s0_status eq "true"){
if ( $s1_status eq "true"){
if ( $s2_status eq "true"){
print "$line";
}
}
}
}
if ( $line =~ /\/\/endif/) {
$skip="false";
}
}
Execution:
tiago@dell:~$ cat input.txt | perl validator.pl it should match 12345 it should match 12345 it should match 12345