Is it possible to use egrep to match numbers within a range?

Question

Is there a way to grep/egrep between two sets of numbers?

egrep \"SomeText [19999-22000]\" /some/file.txt

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Answer 1

regex is not the right tool for math stuff (although sometimes it can do), in your case, try the awk:

awk '$2>=19999 && $2<=22000' file