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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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CONJUNCT(1)                                                   General Commands Manual                                                  CONJUNCT(1)

NAME

       conjunct - find dates of equinox or new or full moon

SYNOPSIS

       conjunct [options]

DESCRIPTION

       conjunct  searches  for  one of these events: spring equinox (default), summer solstice, autumn equinox, winter solstice, new moon, or full
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OPTIONS

       -s, --start date
              Set starting date (default is current date).  The date may be either a Julian day number (e.g. 2454180.0 for noon, 2007 March 20) or
              an ISO 8601 date (e.g. 2007-03-20).

       -e, --end date
              Set ending date (default is one year from now).

       -V, --vernal, --spring
              Search for spring equinox (default).

       -S, --summer
              Search for summer solstice.

       -A, --autumn, --fall
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       -W, --winter
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       -N, --newmoon
              Search for new moon.

       -F, --fullmoon
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       -h, --help
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SEE ALSO

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AUTHOR

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