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Old 08-22-2011
extracting line numbers from a file and redirecting them to another file
i have applied the following command on a file named unix.txt that contains the string "linux from the text"
Code:
grep -n -i -w "linux from the text" unix.txt

and the result is
Code:
5:Today's Linux from the text systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial vendors and non-profit organizations.
11:The second edition of Linux from the text was released on December 6th, 1972.
106:Linux From THE text is a good book actually

Now i want to copy the line numbers namely 5, 11, 106 into a new file.. If i use the cut command, i wud have to know beforehand the range of columns which is not possible as the line numbers maybe 1 digit, 2 digit, 3 digit or even more perhaps...

Pls advice
Last edited by Franklin52; 08-22-2011 at 05:30 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
# 2  
Old 08-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by arindamlive
...
If i use the cut command, i wud have to know beforehand the range of columns which is not possible as the line numbers maybe 1 digit, 2 digit, 3 digit or even more perhaps...
...
Nope, not necessarily; you do not have to know the range of columns beforehand.
You could cut the pattern based on a delimiter and then pick up the first column.
For example, if the pattern is "abc~def", and you set the delimiter to "~", then your 1st column would be "abc", whose length could be arbitrary.
Check the man page of your system for the syntax.

tyler_durden
# 3  
Old 08-22-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by arindamlive
Now i want to copy the line numbers namely 5, 11, 106 into a new file.
Code:
awk -vVar="linux from the text" 'tolower($0)~Var{print NR}' file > new.file

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# 4  
Old 08-22-2011
Try this :

Code:
 grep -n -i -w "linux from the text" unix.txt | awk -F ":" '{print $1}' > newfile.txt

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arindamlive
# 5  
Old 08-22-2011
using cut

Code:
 
grep -n -i -w "linux from the text" unix.txt | cut -d":" -f1 > newfile.txt

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arindamlive
# 6  
Old 08-23-2011
Bug
thanks a lot guys.
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