awk (nawk) field separator


 
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Old 11-02-2010
awk (nawk) field separator

Hi;
i have a file and i want to get;

- If the last word in line 14 is NOT equal to "Set."; then print 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th values of 3rd line.

and my code is:
Code:
nawk 'NR==14 {if ($NF!="Set.") (NR==3{print $2,$3,$4,$5}) }' file.txt

but no result?? SmilieSmilieSmilieSmilie

Last edited by gc_sw; 11-02-2010 at 12:07 PM..
# 2  
Old 11-02-2010
Where's the field separator (and value...) for awk?

---------- Post updated at 15:23 ---------- Previous update was at 15:16 ----------

Could it be
Code:
 awk -f" "

missing?
# 3  
Old 11-02-2010
tried but still same Smilie
# 4  
Old 11-02-2010
How about:
Code:
nawk 'NR==14 && $NF!="Set."{print p} NR==3{p=$2 FS $3 FS $4 FS $5}' infile

# 5  
Old 11-03-2010
thx Scrutinizer. you have again a perfect solution Smilie
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