DDSA Solutions

193. Valid Phone Numbers

Problem Overview

Valid Phone Numbers is a unknown-difficulty LeetCode problem. This is a common Shell pattern in coding interviews. Study the solution below and note the time and space complexity before attempting variations on your own.

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193.sh
Shell
# Read from the file file.txt and output all valid phone numbers to stdout.
grep -e "^[0-9]\{3\}\-[0-9]\{3\}\-[0-9]\{4\}$" -e "^([0-9]\{3\}) [0-9]\{3\}\-[0-9]\{4\}$" file.txt
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