02-23-2007
cut specific records from a file
I am trying to cut the first 10 characters from a file only if the file has 'xyz' in field 185-188.
I tried this
cat filename | cut -c1-10
but this gives me all the records regardless of what is in field 185-188.
Is this doable ?
Thanks in advance for responses.
Last edited by jxh461; 02-23-2007 at 02:23 PM..
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NAME
cut - remove sections from each line of files
SYNOPSIS
cut OPTION... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-b, --bytes=LIST
select only these bytes
-c, --characters=LIST
select only these characters
-d, --delimiter=DELIM
use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter
-f, --fields=LIST
select only these fields; also print any line that contains no delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified
-n (ignored)
--complement
complement the set of selected bytes, characters or fields
-s, --only-delimited
do not print lines not containing delimiters
--output-delimiter=STRING
use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the input delimiter
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one range, or many ranges separated by commas. Selected input is written
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N N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1
N- from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line
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-M from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field
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SEE ALSO
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