Hi all!
Here is my problem :
$ more file
yougli:passwd:123456:3265:Yepa Yepo:/home/yougli:/bin/ksh
As you can see, in the field "information", there are two spaces between "Yepa" and "yepo".
My problem is :
$ PARAM='more file | cut -d":" -f5'
$ echo $PARAM
Yepa Yepo
Now i only... (2 Replies)
#!/usr/bin/bash
cat /etc/passwd | while read A
do
USER=`echo “$A” | cut -f 1 -d “:”`
echo “Found $USER”
done
This shell script should make USER = the first field of the first line of the file /etc/passwd
Eg:
adm
daemon
bob
jane
kev
etc ...
However USER=echo... (3 Replies)
hi ,
i used ls -ltr | cut -f 1 > \dev\tty
but all teh coulmns r getting printed instead of only one........how can i resolve this?
prob 2 :
wud be able start cutting from last field......supposing in the case of dyanmic list.i dunno the field number of last column.......so is... (3 Replies)
I have been working on a script all day and am having very little success. Essentially, I am reading a file and trying to format the data in the file. I am currently trying to put the data into three separate files, so that I can paste them back together into a single output file.
Trying to... (16 Replies)
I'm new to shell programming, and am having a problem in a (Korn) shell program, which boils down to this:
The program reads a record from an input file and then uses a series of
"cut" commands to break the record into parts and assign the parts to
variables. There are no delimiters in the... (2 Replies)
Hi
I have a strange problem when using cut command
when i am using the below command, it is working fine,I am getting the data in new file xyz.dat
cut -c 1-75 abc.dat > xyz.dat
when i am using the below command, I am getting the data in new file abc.dat , but empty file
cut -c 1-75... (4 Replies)
Hi!
I get a md5 hash of a file with this command:
openssl md5 /Users/me/MyLogo.png | cut -f 2 -d ' '
"cut" because I just want the hash. But there is a problem -> that doen't work with a path with spaces:
openssl md5 /Users/me/MyLogo 2.png | cut -f 2 -d ' '
The result is "2.png)=" ...... (1 Reply)
Hi Friend ,
i have one file say xyz.lst and it has content like
dn: cn=m.hariharan,cn=employee,cn=delhi circle,cn=users,dc=industowers,dc=c
dn: cn=ajay.jain,cn=employee,cn=gujarat circle,cn=users,dc=industowers,dc=com
dn: cn=ajitkumar.thakor,cn=employee,cn=gujarat... (4 Replies)
There is a text file in my project named as "mom.txt" in which i want to have contents like..................
LSCRM(Application Name):
1: This is my first application.
2: Today we did shell scripting automation for this app.
3: It was really a good fun in doing so.
4: Really good.| (Here i... (7 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
I have a very simple problem and i am stuck in that from last 8 days. I tried many attempts, googled my query but all in vain.
I have a text file named "test.txt"
In that suppose i have contents like:
Java:
1 Object oriented programming language
2 Concepts of Abstraction... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Abhijeet Anand
5 Replies
LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
cut
cut(1) General Commands Manual cut(1)Name
cut - cut out selected fields of each line of a file
Syntax
cut -clist [file1 file2...]
cut -flist [-dchar] [-s] [file1 file2...]
Description
Use the command to cut out columns from a table or fields from each line of a file. The fields as specified by list can be fixed length,
that is, character positions as on a punched card (-c option), or the length can vary from line to line and be marked with a field delim-
iter character like tab (-f option). The command can be used as a filter. If no files are given, the standard input is used.
Use to make horizontal ``cuts'' (by context) through a file, or to put files together in columns. To reorder columns in a table, use and
Options
list Specifies ranges that must be a comma-separated list of integer field numbers in increasing order. With optional - indicates
ranges as in the -o option of nroff/troff for page ranges; for example, 1,4,7; 1-3,8; -5,10 (short for 1-5,10); or 3- (short
for third through last field).
-clist Specifies character positions to be cut out. For example, -c1-72 would pass the first 72 characters of each line.
-flist Specifies the fields to be cut out. For example, -f1,7 copies the first and seventh field only. Lines with no field delim-
iters are passed through intact (useful for table subheadings), unless -s is specified.
-dchar Uses the specified character as the field delimiter. Default is tab. Space or other characters with special meaning to the
shell must be quoted. The -d option is used only in combination with the -f option, according to XPG3 and SVID2/SVID3.
-s Suppresses lines with no delimiter characters. Unless specified, lines with no delimiters are passed through untouched.
Either the -c or -f option must be specified.
Examples
Mapping of user IDs to names:
cut -d: -f1,5 /etc/passwd
To set name to the current login name for the csh shell:
set name=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
To set name to the current login name for the sh, sh5, and ksh shells:
name=`who am i | cut -f1 -d" "`
Diagnostics
"line too long" A line can have no more than 511 characters or fields.
"bad list for c/f option"
Missing -c or -f option or incorrectly specified list. No error occurs if a line has fewer fields than the list calls
for.
"no fields" The list is empty.
See Alsogrep(1), paste(1)cut(1)