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Old 11-09-2011
backup script


Hi,

I need to write a script that will capture the 8th character on each line (alphanumeric /meta chars) to the 16th character and send to an output file. Any ideas?

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Last edited by Duffs22; 11-09-2011 at 01:29 PM.. Reason: typo
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Old 11-10-2011
please move this thread to scripts section
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Old 11-10-2011
Code:
 nawk '{print substr($0,8,8)}' filename > outputfile

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Old 11-10-2011
Perfect, thanks!
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