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Old 06-29-2010
Error Need to edit a particular pattern from a file
Hi,

I have a file(say test.log) contains a particular pattern

20091116 074128 RC=-11 ;;94

I need to extract '94' from that particular pattern and store it in a variable.

Please help me to do this

Thanks
Renjesh Raju
# 2  
Old 06-29-2010
Code:
$ p=$(sed 's/.*;//' file)
$ echo $p
94
$

# 3  
Old 06-30-2010
Code:
str=$(awk -F \; '{print $NF}' test.log)

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