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Old 07-10-2009
question on grep..
i have a question on grep

input file:

FIRST NAME :ANNE
LAST NAME :CRUZ
<text>
<text>
<text>
FIRST NAME :JOHN
LAST NAME :ALBA
<text>
<text>
<text>
FIRST NAME :IRMA
LAST NAME :JONES
<text>
<text>
<text>

output file:

ANNE CRUZ
JOHN ALBA
IRMA JONES

on my original script, i tried:

Code:
 
grep "FIRST" input_file | awk '{print substr($3,2)}' > first
grep "LAST" input_file | awk '{print substr($3,2)}' > last
paste first last >> output file

can you help me to simplify my code? just to grep "NAME"?

thanks a lot!
# 2  
Old 07-10-2009
Try this,

grep "NAME" <Filename> | cut -d':' -f2 | paste - -
# 3  
Old 07-10-2009
Try...If you are particular about grep
Code:
grep "NAME" input_file | awk '{FS=":";s=$2;getline;print s" "$2}'

else
Code:
awk '/FIRST NAME/ {FS=":";s=$2;getline;print s" "$2}' input_file

# 4  
Old 07-10-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramesh_srk
Try this,

grep "NAME" <Filename> | cut -d':' -f2 | paste - -

paste - -? pls forgive my ignorance but what do you mean by "- -"

thanks!
# 5  
Old 07-10-2009
It used to mingle 2 lines in a file to single one.
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