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# 1  
Old 08-17-2011
Grep syntax print after certain character
My current code is:
Code:
user@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ grep -e "\(packaged by\)\|\(employee\)\|\(file name\)\|\(Total Data (MB) Read\)\|\(Begin Time\)" log.txt
     packaged by = Ron Mexico
     employee = Michael Vick
     file name = Mike_Vick_2011.bat
Total Data (MB) Read: 11.82
Begin Time: 6/13/2011 10:29:27 AM

How can I get the output to be:
Code:
Ron Mexico
Michael Vick
Mike_Vick_2011.bat
11.82
6/13/2011 10:29:27 AM

# 2  
Old 08-17-2011
Code:
$ grep -e "\(packaged by\)\|\(employee\)\|\(file name\)\|\(Total Data (MB) Read\)\|\(Begin Time\)" log.txt|awk -F"=" '{print $2}'

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# 3  
Old 08-17-2011
Code:
awk -F"=" '{print $2}'

This works, but I also have ":" in the logs. Any way to combine "=" and ":"?

Thanks for the quick response.
# 4  
Old 08-17-2011
use it like

Code:
awk -F"[:=]" '{print $2}'

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# 5  
Old 08-17-2011
The date stamp gets jacked up because it removes the ":" in the time.

Code:
6/13/2011 10

Is it possible to do something like:
Code:
awk -F"[:=]" '{print $2,":",print $3,":",print $4}'

# 6  
Old 08-17-2011
Please post the input data and the required output.
# 7  
Old 08-17-2011
Code:
user@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ grep -e "\(packaged by\)\|\(employee\)\|\(file name\)\|\(Total Data (MB) Read\)\|\(Begin Time\)" log.txt
     packaged by = Ron Mexico
     employee = Michael Vick
     file name = Mike_Vick_2011.bat
Total Data (MB) Read: 11.82
Begin Time: 6/13/2011 10:29:27 AM

Output should be:
Code:
Ron Mexico
Michael Vick
Mike_Vick_2011.bat
11.82
6/13/2011 10:29:27 AM

If you have the time, I'm really trying to get the output into a CSV, so the output should be:
Code:
"Ron Mexico","Michael Vick","Mike_Vick_2011.bat","11.82","6/13/2011 10:29:27 AM"
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