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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Retrieve line from a file based on a value in specific column Post 302104740 by efernandes on Saturday 27th of January 2007 08:18:31 AM
Old 01-27-2007
Java Retrieve line from a file based on a value in specific column
Hi,

I have a file that has several values seperated by ":"
Code:
2006:John:Student:Football:Portugal:Cinema
2006:James:Engineer:Basket:Poland:Theatre
2007:Lucy:Diver:Gymnastic:England:Music
2007:Smith:Plumber:Basket:Spain:Poker

I need make a filter based on the 5th field to find countries that start with a pecific character and then retrieve the lines that match this filter.

Exemple: Find countries starting with 'P'

Result:
2006:John:Student:Football:Portugal:Cinema
2006:James:Engineer:Basket:Poland:Theatre

Thanks
Elio
Last edited by reborg; 01-27-2007 at 10:18 AM..
 

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