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Old 11-30-2014
Extract rows with different values at 2 columns
Hallo,
I would need to extract only rows which has different value in the second and third column.
Thank you very much for any advices

Input:
Code:
A 0 0
B 0 1
C 1 1
D 1 3

Output
Code:
B 0 1
D 1 3

Last edited by vbe; 11-30-2014 at 02:25 PM..
# 2  
Old 11-30-2014
Code:
awk '$2 != $3 {print}' file

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# 3  
Old 11-30-2014
Thanks, great
# 4  
Old 12-01-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by balajesuri
Code:
awk '$2 != $3 {print}' file


without the print will work too !

Code:
awk '$2!= $3' file

# 5  
Old 12-01-2014
Hello All,

Following will work for any input's last 2 columns comparison, in case we have more than 3 columns in a input file and want to compare last 2 columns in it, following will help.

Code:
awk '$(NF-1) != $NF' Input_file


Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 12-01-2014 at 12:44 AM..
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