Can we use 'tr' command to print 5th column of output of 'ls -l'

Nidhi2177 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007

Hi All,

I know awk command can do it, but can we use tr command to print 5th column of out put 'ls -l' command????

Regards,
Nidhi...

robotronic · #2 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007

tr command is used for translating characters, not for filtering columns from an output. As you said, try this:

Code:

ls -l | awk '{ print $5 }'

Nidhi2177 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-14-2007

Thanks for this prompt reply.. But I know this...

What can we use instead of 'awk' to do the same?? cut???

Regards,
Nidhi...

cfajohnson · #4 (**permalink**) 09-15-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nidhi2177

What can we use instead of 'awk' to do the same?? cut???

The obvious (and most sensible) command to use is awk.

You can use cut, but first you would have to pipe it through tr to remove multiple spaces:
Code:
ls -l | tr -s ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 5

Nidhi2177 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-17-2007

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