06-06-2019
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
If I am not sure of how many fields a string has, say
STR=/homt/root/dir1/dir2/../dirn
how to use "cut -d/ -f" to get dirn ? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: meili100
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Guys,
I have a line like this: 109;201;1099010
and as you see that first field 109 and the last field starts with 109. I need to cut the rest in the last field after 109 which is 9010
How to do it? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sfaqih
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
In a shell script I am writing I execute this command:
uniq -c names1.tmp > names2.tmp
In names2.tmp I get these results:
4 user
2 username
1 users
1 veriano
1 victoria
I need to isolate the names in this file and put it in another file. However it seems that the number... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: mojoman
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello guys.
Is there any way I can cut the last field using "cut" ???
(without putting it into a while...)
Thanks.
435 Gavea. (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: 435 Gavea
9 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am a file with the following layout.
field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7
field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7
field1|field2|field3|field4|field5|field6|field7
I need to write a file with the below layout
field1|field2|fieldx|field6
where fieldx =... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: shivacbz
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
I had posted earlier about printing fields using AWK, but now I have a slightly different problem. I have text files in the format:
1*2,3,4,5
and wish to print the first, third, and fifth fields, including the asterisk and commas. In other words, after filtering it should look... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Jahn
1 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Everyone,
I have one a.txt:
a b 001 c
b b 002 c
c c, not 002 c
The output should be
001
002
002
If i use cut -f 3 -d' ', this does not work on the 3rd line, so i thought is any way to cut the field counting from the end? or any perl thing can do this?:confused:
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jimmy_y
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all
i am need to cut the name of the file which i am entering in the comand line. say abc.txt is the name of the file i need to cut only the "abc" part. when i try doing this(using cut -f1) i am getting the data that s present inside the file and the file name. pls help.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: din_annauniv
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have got a log file and would need to write a script to cut the every first and second fields of every third line.
Job Name : dummytextd_v1
Status : KILLED
TIMEDOUT 2011-05-01 05:33
Job Name : dummyttx_v1
Status : KILLED
TIMEDOUT 2011-05-03 02:33
Job Name :... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kochappa
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have file as with the below content
aaa.bbb.cc.dd
aaa.fff.bb
yyyyy.rrrrr.ggggg.iii
wwww.w.r.ty
i want the o/p as below
dd
bb
iii
ty
but i dont want to use awk. is there any other way to do this ? (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: anandgodse
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CUT(1) FSF CUT(1)
NAME
cut - remove sections from each line of files
SYNOPSIS
cut [OPTION]... [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Print selected parts of lines from each FILE to standard output.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-b, --bytes=LIST
output only these bytes
-c, --characters=LIST
output only these characters
-d, --delimiter=DELIM
use DELIM instead of TAB for field delimiter
-f, --fields=LIST
output only these fields; also print any line that contains no delimiter character, unless the -s option is specified
-n with -b: don't split multibyte characters
-s, --only-delimited
do not print lines not containing delimiters
--output-delimiter=STRING
use STRING as the output delimiter the default is to use the input delimiter
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Use one, and only one of -b, -c or -f. Each LIST is made up of one range, or many ranges separated by commas. Each range is one of:
N N'th byte, character or field, counted from 1
N- from N'th byte, character or field, to end of line
N-M from N'th to M'th (included) byte, character or field
-M from first to M'th (included) byte, character or field
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
AUTHOR
Written by David Ihnat, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for cut is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cut programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info cut
should give you access to the complete manual.
cut (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 CUT(1)