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Old 08-10-2015
Command/script to match a field and print the next field of each line in a file.
Hello,

I have a text file in the below format:
Code:
Source                                                                                              Destination                                                                              State          Lag        Status
CQA02W2K12pl:D:\CAQA                                                                            infrabkpsrvpl:/vol/CQA02W2K12srv/CAQA                                                Snapvaulted    13:46:44   Idle
DBIntranetpl:E:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL                                  infrabkpsrvpl:/vol/DBIntranetsrv/MSSQL10                                                Snapvaulted    13:46:43   Idle

And the file has hundreds of such entries.

What I'm interested in is the lag column- which is always in the format hh:mm:ss. I want to read the file line by line, check if the "lag" column in greater than 48:00:00 (just matching the hour field would be enough) and if the lag is greater than 48:00:00, append that particular line to another file.

How can I achieve this?

I tried awk, but since some of the line descriptions have spaces, $4 is not always lag column.

Thanks,
Pocodot
# 2  
Old 08-10-2015
here's something to start with:
Code:
awk '{print $(NF-1)}' myFile

# 3  
Old 08-10-2015
Thanks! Here's something else i'm trying based on your reply:

Code:
 awk '{if($(NF-1) < 48) print $0}'   OP.txt > output.txt

This command would be perfect for me, but $(NF-1) is in the format hh:mm:ss.

Is there any way I can just compare the hh part ?

Thanks,
Pocodot
# 4  
Old 08-10-2015
Code:
awk  '$(NF-1) ~ /..:..:../ {split($(NF-1), a, ":"); if(a[1] < 48)print} OP.txt > output.txt

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pocodot
# 5  
Old 08-10-2015
Assuming there are never any spaces in the Status field, try:
Code:
awk -F'[[:space:]]+|:' '$(NF-3) + 0 >= 48' OP.txt >> output.txt

Note the >> redirection operator instead of >. (You said you wanted to append to the destination file; not replace its current contents.)
# 6  
Old 08-10-2015
Thats perfect! Thanks!
# 7  
Old 08-11-2015
I guess it doesn't work on my shell.

Code:
[aia@ludus tmp]$ nl pocodot.file
     1  Source                                                                                              Destination                                                                              State          Lag        Status
     2  CQA02W2K12pl:D:\CAQA                                                                            infrabkpsrvpl:/vol/CQA02W2K12srv/CAQA                                                Snapvaulted    13:46:44   Idle
     3  DBIntranetpl:E:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL                                  infrabkpsrvpl:/vol/DBIntranetsrv/MSSQL10                                                Snapvaulted    13:46:43   Idle

Code:
[aia@ludus tmp]$ awk -F'[[:space:]]+|:' '$(NF-3) + 0 >= 48' pocodot.file
[aia@ludus tmp]$ echo $?
0


It appears that the logic is broken
Code:
[aia@ludus tmp]$ awk -F'[[:space:]]+|:' '{print $(NF-3) + 0, ">=", 48}' pocodot.file
0 >= 48
13 >= 48
13 >= 48

Last edited by Aia; 08-11-2015 at 12:21 AM.. Reason: Add broken logic as clarification that it is not the shell's problem.
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