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# 1  
Old 04-26-2010
get value in a file
Hi Everyone,

a.txt
Code:
a a

b b b
(some)
======

how to get the the value "some" in this a.txt
means the output is just
Code:
some

Thanks
# 2  
Old 04-26-2010
Code:
$ cat buf
a a

b b b
(some)
======
$ awk '!/^=/ { _=$0 } /^=/ { print _ }' buf
(some)

# 3  
Old 04-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by agn
Code:
$ cat buf
a a

b b b
(some)
======
$ awk '!/^=/ { _=$0 } /^=/ { print _ }' buf
(some)

Thanks, but the output should without ( and ), means just "some".
# 4  
Old 04-26-2010
Code:
$ nawk '!/^=/ { _=$0 } /^=/ { gsub("[()]","",_); print _ }' buf

# 5  
Old 04-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by agn
Code:
$ nawk '!/^=/ { _=$0 } /^=/ { gsub("[()]","",_); print _ }' buf

Thanks
# 6  
Old 04-26-2010
Code:
grep -ow some a.txt

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