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Old 05-27-2009
panyam panyam is offline Forum Advisor  
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Did u try to test it ?..

Code:
VAR=`echo $LINE |awk -F. '{print $2}`
instead of $3.

other way :

To get extn

Code:
TEST>echo "Account_52320090605076_log.Z" |sed 's/.*\.\(.*\)/\1/'
Z
To get file name with out extn
Code:
 
TEST>echo "Account_52320090605076_log.Z" |sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/'
Account_52320090605076_log
Last edited by panyam; 05-27-2009 at 09:43 AM..