Wildcard suggestion please!

[psychson]

I need help an google search did not help me much.
I mixed wildcards and I could not make much sense and found nothing .


I have a huge file with too much information and I need to look over 500 pages to search for only 12 lines.
I need to look at this string of info:
CLM*1234*0.0***77:A:4*Y**N*N*********N
But this string of info is in each single page, it repeats over a thousand times. All I need is to get 12 of those line where the *0.0*** is not in it and it must be a dollar amount there instead of *0.0***.
For the most part it will have *0.0***, but around 12 will have something like *250.00*** ou *580.00***
I can't find a way to use a wildcard to search for only those 12 lines with an amount other than *0.0***
Any suggestions ?
Thanks a lot

[macropod]

Are those asterisks literal asterisks, or just a representation of variable content?

[psychson]

They are really asterisks, the file is like that.
Data elements are separated by asterisks (delimiters).
It's an EDI file.

Thanks again

[macropod]

In that case you could use a wildcard Find like:
Find = CLM\*[0-9]{4}\*[1-9][!^13^l]{1,}
That will find any paragraph or line beginning with CLM* following by a 4-digit number, then * following by a number other than 0.

[psychson]

Thanks a lot.
It worked like magic.