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Old 11-26-2009
Reading complete line after spaces
Hi,

I am reading data from a variable which has spaces in it. I want to get the data after first space, i.e. if my data line is "My Name is Ashish...", I want the data returned as "Name is Ashish". I am using #!/bin/sh shell. Please help me with the code to read the complete data after first space.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 11-26-2009
Try:

Code:
echo "My Name is XXX" | awk '{ $1=""; print; }'

# 3  
Old 11-26-2009
Code:
$ echo "My Name is Ashish" |cut -d" " -f2-
Name is Ashish

# 4  
Old 11-26-2009
This is what I was looking for. Thanks for your help.
# 5  
Old 11-26-2009
bash
Code:
$ string="My Name is Ashish"
$ set -- $string
$ echo ${@:2}
Name is Ashish

# 6  
Old 12-14-2009
@rcdwayx,


I have checked man cut and have not located what you have done with the trailing dash after f2. Could you please elaborate on this? Or point me to the doc that contains this type of switch.

Code:
$ echo "My Name is Ashish" |cut -d" " -f2-


Regards,

Abacus
# 7  
Old 12-14-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by abacus
@rcdwayx,


I have checked man cut and have not located what you have done with the trailing dash after f2. Could you please elaborate on this? Or point me to the doc that contains this type of switch.

Code:
$ echo "My Name is Ashish" |cut -d" " -f2-


Regards,

Abacus
With -f you can give a range of fields, -f2- is an open range and means from the second field to the end of the line.

Regards
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