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# 1  
Old 10-06-2009
Extracting columns
The output of the below command is :
[root@wiki ~]# yum -e0 -d0 check-update

dnsmasq.i386 2.45-1.1.el5_3 updates
ecryptfs-utils.i386 75-5.el5 updates
fetchmail.i386 6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1 updates
firefox.i386 3.0.14-1.el5.centos updates
gdm.i386 1:2.16.0-56.el5.centos updates
gnutls.i386 1.4.1-3.el5_3.5 updates
lftp.i386 3.7.11-4.el5 updates
mysql.i386 5.0.77-3.el5 updates
mysql-devel.i386 5.0.77-3.el5 updates
mysql-server.i386 5.0.77-3.el5 updates
nfs-utils.i386 1:1.0.9-42.el5 updates
nspr.i386 4.7.5-1.el5_4 updates
nspr-devel.i386 4.7.5-1.el5_4 updates
openssh.i386 4.3p2-36.el5 updates
openssh-askpass.i386 4.3p2-36.el5 updates
openssh-clients.i386 4.3p2-36.el5 updates
openssh-server.i386 4.3p2-36.el5 updates
openssl.i686 0.9.8e-12.el5 updates
openssl-devel.i386 0.9.8e-12.el5 updates
xulrunner.i386 1.9.0.14-1.el5_4 updates

I am using the following command for extracting the first two columns:
yum -e0 -d0 check-update|awk '{print $1,$2}'

That gives me the following output:
dnsmasq.i386 2.45-1.1.el5_3
ecryptfs-utils.i386 75-5.el5
fetchmail.i386 6.3.6-1.1.el5_3.1
firefox.i386 3.0.14-1.el5.centos
gdm.i386 1:2.16.0-56.el5.centos
gnutls.i386 1.4.1-3.el5_3.5
lftp.i386 3.7.11-4.el5
mysql.i386 5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-devel.i386 5.0.77-3.el5
mysql-server.i386 5.0.77-3.el5
nfs-utils.i386 1:1.0.9-42.el5
nspr.i386 4.7.5-1.el5_4
nspr-devel.i386 4.7.5-1.el5_4
openssh.i386 4.3p2-36.el5
openssh-askpass.i386 4.3p2-36.el5
openssh-clients.i386 4.3p2-36.el5
openssh-server.i386 4.3p2-36.el5
openssl.i686 0.9.8e-12.el5
openssl-devel.i386 0.9.8e-12.el5
xulrunner.i386 1.9.0.14-1.el5_4

I want to extract the first two columns as produced by by the command:
yum -e0 -d0 check-update
and not with the space truncated between the 1st and 2nd column.

Plz help
# 2  
Old 10-06-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by proactiveaditya
The output of the below command is :

I want to extract the first two columns as produced by by the command:
yum -e0 -d0 check-update
and not with the space truncated between the 1st and 2nd column.

Plz help
If I understood correctly, you just wanna get'rid of the space between both fields, this should do the trick:

yum -e0 -d0 check-update | awk '{print $1""$2}'
# 3  
Old 10-06-2009
Just remove the comma from between the two fields printed: -

Code:
yum -e0 -d0 check-update | nawk ' {print $1$2 } '

# 4  
Old 10-06-2009
nawk not installed
nawk is absent in my system

---------- Post updated at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:46 PM ----------

Can anyone help
# 5  
Old 10-06-2009
Code:
yum -e0 -d0 check-update | awk '{print $1" "$2}'

or
Code:
yum -e0 -d0 check-update | cut -d' ' -f1-2

# 6  
Old 10-07-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by proactiveaditya
nawk is absent in my system

---------- Post updated at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:46 PM ----------

Can anyone help
Dude, did you try my awk suggestion or the folks below?
# 7  
Old 10-07-2009
works with awk as well as nawk.

What OS are you using?
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