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What will be grep regex to extract version number like 

 Version: 3.1.5
 * Version: 3.1.5

Will output 3.1.5

But It should not catch likes

MIME-Version: 1.0\n

Here is my grep command

grep -ri 'version\s*:\s*[0-9\.]\w*' /home/test/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin_name

not working

grep -Po "(^|\s)+(Version: )\K([0-9]|\.)*(?=\s|$)" /home/test/public_html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/

woocommerce is a folder. There is file woocommerce.php under this folder.

Content of woocommerce.php

 * Plugin Name: WooCommerce
 * Plugin URI: http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/
 * Description: An e-commerce toolkit that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.
 * Version: 2.3.8
 * Author: WooThemes
 * Author URI: http://woothemes.com
 * Requires at least: 4.0
 * Tested up to: 4.2

Working

grep -rPo "(^|\s|^\*)+(Version\s*:\s*)\K([0-9]|\.)*(?=\s|$)" /home/test/public_html/wp-content/plugins/attachments/
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  • The command is working well....while checking for files inside a directory run it as grep -rPo .... /directory Commented May 7, 2015 at 11:21

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You can use:

grep -Po "(?<=Version: )([0-9]|\.)*(?=\s|$)"

If you have MIME-Version: 1.0 instead of MIME-Version: 1.0\n:

grep -Po "(^|\s)+(Version: )\K([0-9]|\.)*(?=\s|$)"

Explanation :

  • -P stands for PCRE, -o for taking only the matched portion of the line

  • (^|\s)+(Version: ) will match Version at the start or one or more whitespaces, the \K will then discard the match

  • ([0-9]|\.)* will match any digit or . zero or more times, this is what we want

  • The previous token will be followed by either any whitespace character or end of the line

Test:

$ cat file.txt 
 Version: 3.1.5
 * Version: 3.1.5
MIME-Version: 1.0\n

$ grep -Po "(?<=Version: )([0-9]|\.)*(?=\s|$)" file.txt 
3.1.5
3.1.5



$ cat file.txt 
Version: 3.1.5
 * Version: 3.1.5
MIME-Version: 1.0

$ grep -Po "(^|\s)+(Version: )\K([0-9]|\.)*(?=\s|$)" file.txt 
3.1.5
3.1.5
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  • This will still catch the MIME-Version: if it doesn't have \n on the end,which I think must be a typo as it seems very odd. Commented May 7, 2015 at 11:03
  • @JID: well, i have taken OP's examples literally..anyway i have modified the answer.. Commented May 7, 2015 at 11:11
  • i want to search in all files under folder plugin_name. I have updated question for it. Commented May 7, 2015 at 11:12
  • @WaseemShaikh Then use grep -rPo ...... /path/to/plugin_name Commented May 7, 2015 at 11:15
  • @WaseemShaikh: It must work..check my example..i have shown that already.. Commented May 7, 2015 at 11:37
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you can use something like

grep -w Version: /home/test/public_html/wp-content/plugins/plugin_name |grep -v -- -Version|awk '{print $NF}'
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  • It is not working for either of valid string Commented May 7, 2015 at 10:26
  • You are right, it will work for Version: 3.1.5, but not for * Version: 3.1.5. Check my updated answer Commented May 7, 2015 at 10:31
  • @JID, your code maybe need small correction. You expect to have space symbol before Version keyword Commented May 7, 2015 at 10:40
  • @RomeoNinov 0 or more matches,your will match MIME-Version: tbh though it would probably be better to use awk '/[^[:graph:]]Version/{print $NF}' Commented May 7, 2015 at 10:44
  • @JID no, you do not read the key I add to grep!!! Commented May 7, 2015 at 10:46
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This will work

awk '/[^[:graph:]]Version/{print $NF}' file

Example

Input

 Version: 3.1.5
 * Version: 3.1.5
MIME-Version: 1.0
J_Version: 7.25
A.Version: 50

Output

3.1.5
3.1.5
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