grep enhancement request

[kjenkins]

Would if be possible/feasible to enhance GREP to have the search confined 
to specific position(s)? Something the key field(s) in sort ie k1.10 or 
like the substr function in awk and Perl. 

Ken Jenkins
Implementation Services - data migration
Programming technical analyst
706-644-1265

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