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# 1  
Old 07-29-2013
Reading first column of file which start with space also
Hi All,

I am trying to read first column of my file using command
Code:
cat temp2_sample.cir|cut -d' ' -f1

The content of my file is as follow
Code:
          R1    pin23I    pin27I
R2    pin23G    pin27G
R3    pin27F    pin27D
    RWire10    pin15Y    pin23J
VCC1    pin27W    pin13Y
                                      RWire21    pin28W    pin27B

Here I am getting output as
Code:
R1
R2
R3
RWire10
VCC1

I am not getting RWire21 in my output. Initially I thought it could be due to more space but if that is the case then R1 and RWire10 should also be not printed.
Please advise me where I can do changes in my command.
Thanks and Regards

---------- Post updated at 03:46 AM ---------- Previous update was at 03:44 AM ----------

Please consider space before R1 and both RWire. It is not showing in forum.

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Last edited by zaxxon; 07-29-2013 at 06:04 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 07-29-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by diehard
Hi All,

I am trying to read first column of my file using command
Code:
cat temp2_sample.cir|cut -d' ' -f1

The content of my file is as follow

R1 pin23I pin27I
R2 pin23G pin27G
R3 pin27F pin27D
RWire10 pin15Y pin23J
VCC1 pin27W pin13Y
RWire21 pin28W pin27B

Here I am getting output as
R1
R2
R3
RWire10
VCC1
I am not getting RWire21 in my output. Initially I thought it could be due to more space but if that is the case then R1 and RWire10 should also be not printed.
Please advise me where I can do changes in my command.
Thanks and Regards

---------- Post updated at 03:46 AM ---------- Previous update was at 03:44 AM ----------

Please consider space before R1 and both RWire. It is not showing in forum.
Please use code tags for code and data sample.

try

Code:
awk '{ print $1}' file

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diehard
# 3  
Old 07-29-2013
Code:
sed 's/^ //g' temp2_sample.cir | awk -F" "  '{print $1}'

# 4  
Old 07-29-2013
No change I am getting same result.
Here is my file
Code:
          R1    pin23I    pin27I
R2    pin23G    pin27G
R3    pin27F    pin27D
    RWire10    pin15Y    pin23J
VCC1    pin27W    pin13Y
                                      RWire21    pin28W    pin27B

# 5  
Old 07-29-2013
Getting same result using which code?
If you use Pamu's code you should get something like:
Code:
$ cat infile
          R1    pin23I    pin27I
R2    pin23G    pin27G
R3    pin27F    pin27D
    RWire10    pin15Y    pin23J
VCC1    pin27W    pin13Y
                                      RWire21    pin28W    pin27B
$ awk '{print $1}' infile
R1
R2
R3
RWire10
VCC1
RWire21

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diehard
# 6  
Old 07-29-2013
Thanks All for your reply.
I am getting result with pamu's code.
But I still dont understand why there is issue with cat and cut command.
# 7  
Old 07-29-2013
cut will treat every space delimiter as separate column. so eliminating the spaces and aligning the output will be good with cut. awk will be able to handle task like this easily.
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