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# 8  
Old 09-19-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
It doesn't work on Linux either.

Try this:

Code:
awk -F"(" '$2 { print substr($2,1,7) }' inputfile

Code:
bash-3.2$ awk -F"(" '$2  { print substr($2,1,7) }' inputfile
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 09-19-2014 at 08:04 PM..
# 9  
Old 09-19-2014
as the saying goes: use nawk instead of awk on Solaris...........
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# 10  
Old 09-19-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
as the saying goes: use nawk instead of awk on Solaris...........
ahhhh....worked like a charm. Thanks

---------- Post updated at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:23 PM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
It doesn't work on Linux either.

Try this:

Code:
awk -F"(" '$2 { print substr($2,1,7) }' inputfile

used nawk as suggested below.. It worked..thanks for the above though
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