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Old 07-29-2011
Need help in splitting text
Hi
I want shell script command to split text.

Example :
Code:
str = "int i=10 ; int j = 20 + i ; int k = 30

"

I want to result as

Code:
  int i = 10              # string 1
  int j = 20 + i         # string 2
  int k = 30              # string 3

I tried awk -F ";" '{print $1}' but it doesnt work as I expect

Pls do help me Smilie
Last edited by radoulov; 07-29-2011 at 11:02 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
# 2  
Old 07-29-2011
Code:
echo "int i=10 ; int j = 20 + i ; int k = 30" | nawk -F";" '{print $1}'

Last edited by radoulov; 07-29-2011 at 11:01 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
# 3  
Old 07-29-2011
Thanks... but
Hi
Thanks for your reply.. but i am getting Command not found

Code:
> echo "int i=10 ; int j = 20 + i ; int k = 30" | nawk -F";" '{print $1}'

ksh: nawk: not found [No such file or directory]

---------- Post updated at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:09 PM ----------

I got it... gawk works fine
Last edited by radoulov; 07-29-2011 at 11:01 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
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