Extract substring in Bash

Question

Given a filename in the form someletters_12345_moreleters.ext, I want to extract the 5 digits and put them into a variable.

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Answer 1

Following the requirements

I have a filename with x number of characters then a five digit sequence surrounded by a single underscore on either side then another set of x number of characters. I want to take the 5 digit number and put that into a variable.

I found some grep ways that may be useful:

$ echo "someletters_12345_moreleters.ext" | grep -Eo "[[:digit:]]+" 
12345

or better

$ echo "someletters_12345_moreleters.ext" | grep -Eo "[[:digit:]]{5}" 
12345

And then with -Po syntax:

$ echo "someletters_12345_moreleters.ext" | grep -Po '(?<=_)\d+' 
12345

Or if you want to make it fit exactly 5 characters:

$ echo "someletters_12345_moreleters.ext" | grep -Po '(?<=_)\d{5}' 
12345

Finally, to make it be stored in a variable it is just need to use the var=$(command) syntax.