Originally Posted by RudiC

awk's sub function needs two or three parameters; you supply but one.
awk uses regexes, not (shell) patterns; the latter uses * for a wildcard char, the former [ICODE] . [/ICODE, optionally followed by a repetition char, one of which would be * . But, beware of false matches - e.g. a / would match as well.

I'd propose to consult man awk.

However, try this amended version of your command:

Code:

awk '/JUNOS/ && /boot/ {sub ("/show.version", "", FILENAME); sub ("/home/clmbn-eng2/a/[^/]*/svn/nw_config_data/", "", FILENAME); print $5 " " FILENAME}' ~/svn/nw_config_data/*cpe.domain.net/show.version | sort

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or a shortcut version:

Code:

awk '/JUNOS/ && /boot/ {sub ("/show.version", "", FILENAME); sub (".*/", "", FILENAME); print $5 " " FILENAME}' ~/svn/nw_config_data/*cpe.domain.net/show.version | sort

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And , to your boss' wishes: how familiar are you with shell functions and shell parameters? And the case ... esac construct?