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Old 11-08-2009
config file, get field.
Hi Everyone,
I have a txt file: a.txt
Code:
a_b_ 3
c_d_e_ 55

(Assume this a.txt got 100 lines, here i just list 2 lines)
How should i get the 2nd field when 1st field eq c_d_e_. my way is:
Code:
`cat a.txt | grep c_d_e_ | cut -f2 -d' '`

Is there simple way, more efficient way in regular expression, perl? awk? and etc. Smilie
Thanks
# 2  
Old 11-08-2009
Are you saying the fields are split on spaces?

If so, it's trivial with awk or Perl and even with just bash:

Code:
while read line
do
set $line
echo $2
done

# 3  
Old 11-08-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jimmy_y
(...)
How should i get the 2nd field when 1st field eq c_d_e_. my way is:
Code:
`cat a.txt | grep c_d_e_ | cut -f2 -d' '`

Is there simple way, more efficient way in regular expression, perl? awk? and etc. Smilie
Thanks
better (don't use cat with grep !)
Code:
grep c_d_e_ a.txt | cut f2 -d' '

# 4  
Old 11-08-2009
Examples of awk and sed would be
Code:
$(awk '/c_d_e_/{print $2}' a.txt)

or
Code:
$(sed -n 's/^c_d_e_ *//p' a.txt)

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-08-2009 at 02:09 PM..
# 5  
Old 11-08-2009
Thanks Scrutinizer, frans, Tony.
# 6  
Old 11-08-2009
to be even more specific since you are checking field 1
Code:
awk '$1=="c_d_e_"{print $2}' file

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