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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers to remove space in a txt file Post 302276117 by manit on Tuesday 13th of January 2009 04:46:45 AM
Old 01-13-2009
to remove space in a txt file

I want to fetch text after the first occurance of the word "started at"
i.e. consider a text written below...

echo 'hi how r u '
Started at MON Jan 11 00:03:24 EST 2009
echo 'hi how is ur job goin on'
Started at Sun Jan 11 00:03:24 EST 2004
Started at TUE Jan 11 00:03:24 EST 2005
Started at WED Jan 11 00:03:24 EST 2006
Started at THU Jan 11 00:03:24 EST 2007

I want to fetch only MON Jan 11 00:03:24 EST 2009 (i.e. only the first occurance of text after started at....)

Please provide the solution...Thnx in advance...
 

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echo(3XCURSES)						  X/Open Curses Library Functions					    echo(3XCURSES)

NAME
echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ] c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ] #include <curses.h> int echo(void); int noecho(void); DESCRIPTION
The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially, curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control soft- ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR. ERRORS
No errors are defined. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 5 Jun 2002 echo(3XCURSES)
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