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# 1  
Old 11-27-2007
Search withing the line
Good day, everyone!
I've got a small question to ask. If I'm getting the value for variable in following way:
Code:
LINE=$(grep "search word" myfile)

How can I access the n-th word on this line?
Thank you in advance for any explanations.
# 2  
Old 11-27-2007
Apparently what you want is "awk":

Code:
LINE=$(awk '/search word/{print $3}' myfile)

So, for each line in "myfile" that matches the expression within / /, it will print the third field ($3) of that line. Each "field" is defined in awk as being separated by whitespace, although the separator can be user-defined.
# 3  
Old 11-27-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nafanja
Good day, everyone!
I've got a small question to ask. If I'm getting the value for variable in following way:
Code:
LINE=$(grep "search word" myfile)

How can I access the n-th word on this line?
Code:
n=3
LINE=$(grep "search word" myfile)
set -- $LINE
eval "nth_word=\${$n}"

# 4  
Old 11-28-2007
Awk I thing I more suitable for those actions.
# 5  
Old 11-29-2007
Thank a lot!
Smilie
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