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Old 11-02-2013
Need help in scripting
Hi,

We have a .txt file and we need to read that file and get updated count value in that .txt file.

content in .txt file:
Code:
Welcome messages are deployed.

Updates : 334

The output which we want is the numeric figure 334. Could you please help me the command to get the value.

Thx in advance
Last edited by Scott; 11-02-2013 at 01:24 PM.. Reason: Code tags
kirankumar
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Old 11-02-2013
Please use code tags as required by forum rules!

What would be your first attempt to solve your problem?
# 3  
Old 11-04-2013
try something like:
Code:
awk '$NF++ {print $NF; exit}' in.txt | read value

Last edited by rdrtx1; 11-04-2013 at 06:45 PM..
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Old 11-05-2013
Code:
awk '$NF++ {print $NF; exit}' file

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