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Old 04-21-2010
Help with grep awk sed command
I have a txt file with data
Code:
abc:def:ghi:jkl:mno pq stu vwx

I want to take out abc what should i do?

I try awk
Code:
 awk '/abc/ {print $1}' listfile.txt> extendedfile.txt

Last edited by pludi; 04-21-2010 at 02:33 AM.. Reason: corrected title
# 2  
Old 04-21-2010
Code:
sed 's/[^:]*\:\(.*\)$/\1/g' listfile.txt> extendedfile.txt



Cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

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Or

Code:
awk '{print substr($0,index($0,":")+1,length)}' listfile.txt> extendedfile.txt


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
Last edited by devtakh; 04-21-2010 at 02:18 AM.. Reason: code tag
# 3  
Old 04-21-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by devtakh
Code:
sed 's/[^:]*\:\(.*\)$/\1/g' listfile.txt> extendedfile.txt

Cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam[COLOR=#738fbf]
Sir, this is working fine, but the result i am getting in extended file is
Code:
def:ghi:jkl:mno pq stu vwx

How can I get the first field in extended file
Last edited by Learnerabc; 04-21-2010 at 02:35 AM.. Reason: wrong quote
# 4  
Old 04-21-2010
Something like this?
Code:
awk -F":" '/abc/{print $1}' listfile.txt> extendedfile.txt

# 5  
Old 04-21-2010
Thanks Everyone
# 6  
Old 04-21-2010
Awk is better for this kind of stuff, IMO, but a sed one, as you mentioned it in your subject title:

Code:
sed "s/\([^:]\):.*/\1/" file1      
abc

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