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Old 12-13-2011
Cutting strings from output of command
Hi,

I am new to scripting and need help in cutting strings from output of a command. For exapmle in am getting the following as the out out from the command i run:

Out Condition: Askajdsdfa | date: 1204 | oper: +


I need to get the output as Askajdsdfa and 1204.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 12-13-2011
Code:
command_I_run | awk -F '|' '{print $1,$2 }' | sed 's/date://'

One way of many to do this.
# 3  
Old 12-14-2011
Code:
cmd | awk -F '[|:]' '{print $1,$3 }'

--ahamed
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Old 12-14-2011
Thanks all for your replies. Smilie
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