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# 1  
Old 03-02-2010
awk partial match and filter records
Hi,

I am having file which contains around 15 columns, i need to fetch column 3,12,14 based on the condition that column 3 starts with 40464

this is the sample data

Quote:
GOC00000000000000000728629349444939286 www 404649290100023 14 0457CCD60123701 7 1
201002282356106 13 0 www 9444939286 000
3519400337935043
40464
how to achieve that
# 2  
Old 03-02-2010
Code:
awk 'substr($3,1,5) ~ /40464/{print $3,$12,$14}' filename


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 3  
Old 03-02-2010
Code:
awk '$3~/^40464/{print $3,$12,$14}' filename

# 4  
Old 03-02-2010
Hi, aemunathan:

If the data is as in your sample, spread out across 4 rows:
Code:
paste -d' ' - - - - < data | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f3,12,14 | grep ^40464

If in case the columns are all in a single row:
Code:
cut -d' ' -f3,12,14 data | grep ^40464

Regards,
Alister
Last edited by alister; 03-03-2010 at 01:25 AM..
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