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Old 01-25-2007
displaying range of columns

can i display range of columns in AWk...

say in cut command i can display columnm 2-13....

is there is any simmilar command in awk
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Old 01-26-2007
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Originally Posted by mahabunta
can i display range of columns in AWk...

say in cut command i can display columnm 2-13....

is there is any simmilar command in awk
Code:
awk '{for(i=2;i<=13;i++)printf "%s ",$i;print ""}' infile

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