Hi

iam having file with below lines of text

[local]pun-ras-bng-mhs-01#cont bsnl.in
[local]enk-ras-bng-cse-01#cont bsnl.in

HOSTNAME
pun-ras-bng-mhs-01
enk-ras-bng-cse-01

Here is how you can get the hostname in between "]" and "#"

awk -vRS="#" 'RT{gsub(/.*]/,"");print}' filename

Hi below error is coming after executing the script

root@blr-svr-oclan-01 # awk -vRS="#" 'RT{gsub(/.*]/,"");print}' x 
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
root@blr-svr-oclan-01 #

If you are in Solaris, use nawk instead of awk

iam using solaris 10.the code given is running with nawk with out any error
but no output displayed

root@blr-svr-oclan-01 # more x
[local]pun-ras-bng-mhs-01#cont bsnl.in
[local]enk-ras-bng-cse-01#cont bsnl.in
root@blr-svr-oclan-01 # nawk -vRS="#" 'RT{gsub(/.*]/,"");print}' x 
root@blr-svr-oclan-01

As I'm not sure what "RT" in the awk program stands for (being an uninitialized and thus empty variable prohibiting the print), try this small modification of ./hari.sh's script:

$ awk -vFS="#" 'BEGIN{print "HOSTNAME"} {gsub(/.*]/,"");print $1}' file
HOSTNAME
pun-ras-bng-mhs-01
enk-ras-bng-cse-01

Hi

its working with nawk but output not as desired. extra words are coming in output

root@blr-svr-oclan-01 # nawk -vFS="#" 'BEGIN{print "HOSTNAME"} {gsub(/.*]/,"");print $1}' x

HOSTNAME
pun-ras-bng-mhs-01#cont
enk-ras-bng-cse-01#cont