awk to select a column from particular line number

mab_arif16 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2006

The awk command awk -F: '{print $1}' test1 gives the first columns of all the lines in file ,is there some command to get a particular column from particular line .
Any help is appreciated.
thanks arif

tayyabq8 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2006

Yes it is possible to select one particular line from a given file thru awk, but you have to provide here the selection criteria.

mab_arif16 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2006

My file is comma delimited file ,I have to read the first column from second line and store it in a variable.Can you give me the exact syntax
Thanks

tayyabq8 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-07-2006

Code:

var=`awk '{getline;print $1;exit}' file`

gauravgoel · #5 (**permalink**) 05-08-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by mab_arif16

My file is comma delimited file ,I have to read the first column from second line and store it in a variable.Can you give me the exact syntax
Thanks

hope this will work

Quote:

vari=`awk -F"," 'NR==2{print $1}' filename`

use nawk on solaris

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