Shell Programming and Scripting

 
Column1   Column2   Column3   Column4   Column5  Column6
AC           82542      3525       GG           154124   541556

GG 154124 541556

  COLUMN_NO=$1
  
  case  $COLUMN_NO in
  column_1 )
      awk -F [ ' '] ' { print $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6' } < yourfilename
       ;;
  column_2 )
      awk -F [ ' '] ' { print $2, $3, $4, $5, $6' } < yourfilename
       ;;
  column_3 )
      awk -F [ ' '] ' { print $3, $4, $5, $6' } < yourfilename
       ;;
   column_4 )
      awk -F [ ' '] ' { print $4, $5, $6' } < yourfilename
       ;;
  column_5 )
      awk -F [ ' '] ' { print $5, $6' } < yourfilename
       ;;
  column_6 )
      awk -F [ ' '] ' { print $6' } < yourfilename
             ;;      
    esac
fi