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Old 03-18-2011
Need to get the 3rd column
Hi
Trying to do get the 3rd column out. Any help would be much appreciated
Code:
Hardware         OS               Client
---------------  ---------------  --------------
PC               WindowsNET         test1
PC               WindowsNET         test2
PC               WindowsNET         test3
PC               WindowsNET         test4

I would only need the test1, test2, test3, test4 listed.
Thanks
Last edited by Scott; 03-18-2011 at 12:29 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 03-18-2011
Code:
cut -d' ' -f3 file

# 3  
Old 03-18-2011
That did not work . I had tried that gave me "-----------"
# 4  
Old 03-18-2011
Code:
 
awk '{ print $3}'  file

# 5  
Old 03-18-2011
That's better however it also gets the Client and ------- which I did not want....but better
# 6  
Old 03-18-2011
Try,
Code:
awk 'NR>2{ print $3}' file

# 7  
Old 03-18-2011
Works! great
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