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# 1  
Old 11-30-2010
grep a string and print strings on that line
i have a file like below


ABS 12234 A C 12G
CFY 23865 A C 34D

i want to grep "A C" then print

ABS 12G 12234
CFY 34D 23865

Thanks!
# 2  
Old 11-30-2010
Code:
# cat input_file
ABS 12234 A C 12G
CFY 23865 A C 34D
# awk ' /A C/{ print $1, $NF, $2 } ' input_file
ABS 12G 12234
CFY 34D 23865

# 3  
Old 11-30-2010
hi! what do you mean by $NF? thanks!
# 4  
Old 11-30-2010
NF stores number of fields in a line.

$NF gives the last field in a line
# 5  
Old 11-30-2010
Code:
sed 's/ \([0-9]*\) . . \(.*\)$/ \2 \1/' input

Code:
paste <(cut -d" " -f1,5 input) <(cut -d" " -f2 input)

Code:
# cat input
ABS 12234 A C 12G
CFY 23865 A C 34D
# sed 's/ \([0-9]*\) . . \(.*\)$/ \2 \1/' input
ABS 12G 12234
CFY 34D 23865
# paste <(cut -d" " -f1,5 input) <(cut -d" " -f2 input)
ABS 12G 12234
CFY 34D 23865

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