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Old 09-18-2012
Linux displaying content information

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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Using the fixed length field file called famous.dat make a one-line Unix command - using pipe(s) - to display an alphabetical list of the last and first names in upper case of the last 8 people in the file.

* I solved the answer*. But I'm only trying to display the first 2 columns, the first name and last name. Can anyone help with what I need to add . Thanks
2. Relevant commands, code, scripts, algorithms:



3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts):
Code:
tail -8 famous.dat | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"

*Below is the result I got*, but I only want the Last Name and First Name Column only, any help will be appreciated, thanks
Code:
42 F GOLDMAN * * * *EMMA * * * * * *64 6TH 94611
43 F MANDELA * * * *NELSON * * * * *60 6TH 96543
44 F PARKS * * * * *ROSA * * * * * *72 7TH 94777
45 M RUSSELL * * * *BERTRAND * * * *55 5TH 94113
46 F LOVELACE * * * ADA * * * * * * 56 5TH 95123
47 M DARWIN * * * * CHARLES * * * * 59 5TH 95123
48 M GALILEO * * * *GALILELI * * * *58 5TH 95113
49 M EINSTEIN * * * ALBERT * * * * *54 5TH 94113

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City College . San Francisco CA USA Instructor Conner

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Last edited by vbe; 09-18-2012 at 10:53 AM.. Reason: code tags...
# 2  
Old 09-18-2012
man cut note that ranges can be used
The sed stream editor can remove unwanted characters
The sort program can use any field as a key, and can sort using multiple keys (eg, PARKS, ROSSA V's PARKS, NICK)
# 3  
Old 09-18-2012
I would have liked to see a sample of the original data file...
Because I wonder if you have no artefacts in what you are showing us...( why some forenames have a star before some dont...)
# 4  
Old 09-18-2012
"[space]*" used to flesh out fixed width field?

I find it more curious that Nelson Mandela is accounted female?
# 5  
Old 09-18-2012
man cuttail -8 famous.dat | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]" ??? Is this right ??

But how would man cut know what columns you want to keep, I only want to keep the first name and last names only

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Quote:
Originally Posted by vbe
I would have liked to see a sample of the original data file...
Because I wonder if you have no artefacts in what you are showing us...( why some forenames have a star before some dont...)
This is the output I got after I entered the code

---------- Post updated at 08:01 PM ---------- Previous update was at 08:00 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skrynesaver
"[space]*" used to flesh out fixed width field?

I find it more curious that Nelson Mandela is accounted female?
LOL !!!!! SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie
# 6  
Old 09-19-2012
That we know...
But we would have liked to see the original input file...
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