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Old 05-30-2012
Thanks Corona,

Sorry, if I am asking basic questions. Can you pls let me know what Z mean ? Also is $1 the no of days value ? (or) is it the filename ?

Code:
ls tmp | awk -F"_" '{ Z=Z","$1 } END { print substr(Z,2) }'

Thanks again,
Freddie

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-30-2012 at 05:08 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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