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Old 09-14-2009
awk syntax help

I don't get correct output when I run this command line:

nmap -sP failedhost.com | grep -i failed | awk -F '{print $6}'

I basically want it to return 'failedhost.com' but its just showing the output of the nmap scan.
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Old 09-14-2009
what does a sample output of 'nmap -sP failedhost.com' look like AND what part of it are you after?
# 3  
Old 09-14-2009
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Originally Posted by vgersh99
what does a sample output of 'nmap -sP failedhost.com' look like AND what part of it are you after?
nmap -sP asasdfasfasdfsaf.com | grep -i failed
Failed to resolve given hostname/IP: asasdfasfasdfsaf.com. Note that you can't use '/mask' AND '1-4,7,100-' style IP ranges
WARNING: No targets were specified, so 0 hosts scanned.

I want to get $6 or ' asasdfasfasdfsaf.com.'
# 4  
Old 09-14-2009
Code:
nmap -sP failedhost.com | nawk '/^[Ff]ailed/ { print $6}'

# 5  
Old 09-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vgersh99
Code:
nmap -sP failedhost.com | nawk '/^[Ff]ailed/ { print $6}'

This still doesn't work for me unfortunately Smilie
# 6  
Old 09-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by streetfighter2
This still doesn't work for me unfortunately Smilie
Difficult to help the "doesn't work for" description.
Could you elaborate what you've done, what you're seeing and what would be the desired output.
Please use code tags when quoting data samples.
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Old 09-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by streetfighter2
This still doesn't work for me unfortunately Smilie
PMJI ..., but when nmap fails, it sends its output to std error, not std out, so it needs to be redirected:

Code:
nmap -sP failedhost.com  2>&1  | nawk '/^[Ff]ailed/ { print $6 }'

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