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Old 10-30-2013
OK but which one of the 3 is it? Please do not leave us guessing. Show a representative sample of your desired output or this thread will be closed.
# 9  
Old 10-30-2013
Shell to display portion of a line
Sample Input File


Code:
Code:
GMDCOM.27936 [Tue Oct  1 13:32:40 2013]: Process Request <36812974> GMDCOM.27936 [Tue Oct  1 13:37:38 2013]: Process Request <36812985> GMDCOM.27936 [Tue Oct  1 13:37:53 2013]: Process Request <36812986> GMDCOM.27936 [Tue Oct  1 13:37:54 2013]: Process Request <36812987> GMDCOM.27936 [Tue Oct  1 13:37:57 2013]: Process Request <36812996> GMDCOM.27936 [Tue Oct  1 13:38:06 2013]: Process Request <36812998>

I want the output in the below format.

Code:
Code:
36812974 [Tue Oct  1 13:32:40 2013] 36812985 [Tue Oct  1 13:37:38 2013] 36812986 [Tue Oct  1 13:37:53 2013]

and it goes on like this till the end of the file. How will it display all the records in the above format. Please help.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-30-2013 at 06:13 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 10  
Old 10-30-2013
So now the input file is in a different format and the output is format is different yet again.
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