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10-19-2008

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dennis.jacob

Yes, that is correct.

btw, what is the error which you are getting while tried with awk?

Give a try on this.

Code:

x=`awk -F":" '{ print $3}' < file`

Code:

x=`sed 's/\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\):\(.*\)/\3/' < file`

awk was perfect.

Thank you

lcw

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