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Old 04-20-2012
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  Susan Dalsass:(206) 654-6279:250:60:50 
  Archie McNichol:(206) 548-1348:250:100:175 
  Jody Savage:(206) 548-1278:15:188:150 
  Guy Quigley:(916) 343-6410:250:100:175 
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  John Goldenrod:(916) 348-4278:250:100:175 
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  Elizabeth Stachelin:(916) 440-1763:175:75:300

Having trouble trying to print the names of those who are in the 916 area code and those who are NOT in the 916 area code.

I've tried

Code:
awk -F: '$2 < 916 {print $1}' filename

but of course it doesn't work. Not even close. I am new to this and just starting to learn. Can anyone tell me how to print the names of those in the 916 area code and those who aren't?
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Old 04-20-2012
Hi,

try this:
Code:
awk -F" " '/(916)/ {print "\t\t\t\t"$0} !/(916)/ {print $0}' filename

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Old 04-20-2012
Another way; prints the whole line:

Code:
awk -F "[()]" ' $2+0 < 916'  input-file


Prints just the first field
Code:
awk -F "[():]" ' $3+0 < 916 {print $1;}'  input-file

Last edited by agama; 04-20-2012 at 10:39 PM.. Reason: didn't quite meet initial requirements
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Old 04-20-2012
Thanks guys. One more question. To print those who are in the 916 code, would

Code:
 awk -F "[():]" ' $3+0 > 916 {print $1;}'  input-file

work?
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Old 04-20-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by JA50
Thanks guys. One more question. To print those who are in the 916 code, would

Code:
 awk -F "[():]" ' $3+0 > 916 {print $1;}'  input-file

work?
To print only those in 916, use == meaning $3 is equal to 916. Otherwise you'll get 917, 981...

Code:
 awk -F "[():]" ' $3+0 == 916 {print $1;}'  input-file

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# 6  
Old 04-20-2012
ah that makes sense. Thanks.
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