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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers ls -l column headings Post 302217130 by psiva_arul on Tuesday 22nd of July 2008 02:59:54 AM
Old 07-22-2008
Hi,

If you want display the second column from the file, we can go for awk command

here is the correct command

ls- l | awk '{ print $2 }'

examaple:

ls -l

-rw-r--r-- 1 raroc raroc 0 2007-10-23 16:05 tt
-rw-r--r-- 1 raroc raroc 22 2008-05-09 21:19 web_orig_20070509 -
-rw-r--r-- 1 raroc raroc 23 2008-05-09 21:16 work -

correct command for retrieve the second column

ls- l | awk '{ print $2 }'

O/P is:
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Regards,
MPS
 

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