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# 1  
Old 05-10-2016
Need help on awk
Hi,

when i run the below command locally am getting correct output.

Code:
ls -l | awk -v s1="username" '{if ( $3 == s1 ) print $9}'

output:

Code:
MP1
test

But,when I use the same command with ssh, like below

Code:
ssh loginname@hostname ls -l | awk -v s1="username" '{if ( $3 == s1 ) print $9}'

I am getting output as null..

where am i doing wrong..

TIA.
# 2  
Old 05-10-2016
Hello Sumanthsv,

You haven't mentioned the O.S which you are using, I have tried the same command mentioned by you into bash and it worked successfully for me. Could you please try to escape \"username\" and let us know how it goes then(Though I haven't tested it).

Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 05-10-2016
Hi RavinderSingh,

I tried by escaping quotes, but still its not woring..

Os Version:

Code:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)

TIA
# 4  
Old 05-10-2016
What be the output of
Code:
ssh loginname@hostname ls -l

?
# 5  
Old 05-10-2016
Output of ssh loginname@hostname ls -l

Code:
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root          64 Mar  3 11:59 array
drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root        4096 Mar 17 10:01 arthi
drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root        4096 Apr 26 16:49 bittu
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root           0 Feb 17 15:58 cert.pem
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root          79 Apr 26 11:52 checkfile
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root          64 Apr 26 11:52 checkfile1
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root           0 Apr 18 12:22 CheckFileExtensionFromAFile_AlreadyCompressed_18-04-2016_12:22:08
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root       36001 Apr 18 12:22 CheckFileExtensionFromAFile_UnCompressed_18-04-2016_12:22:08
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root           0 Apr 18 12:24 CheckFilesAreEmptyInFile_AlreadyNullified_18-04-2016_12:24:01
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root       36001 Apr 18 12:24 CheckFilesAreEmptyInFile_NotNullified_18-04-2016_12:24:01
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root        6699 Mar 22 23:18 CheckFileSystemMounted
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root         152 Mar 23 23:26 checkfull
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root          82 Feb 24 12:35 checkiffil
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       10240 Mar 18 14:34 checkmultipleuser
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       24681 Mar 24 06:02 checkuser1
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       24708 Mar 24 22:46 checkuser2
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       24198 Mar 25 13:11 checkuser4
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       23954 Mar 24 02:50 checkuserexistence
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root         206 Mar 25 15:23 compare
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root         205 Mar  3 16:23 concat
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       51304 Mar 22 01:45 CreateDefaultPasswordPolicy
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       22272 Mar 25 15:52 cteateuser

# 6  
Old 05-10-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sumanthsv
Output of ssh loginname@hostname ls -l
Code:
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root          64 Mar  3 11:59 array
drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root        4096 Mar 17 10:01 arthi
drwxr-xr-x   2 root    root        4096 Apr 26 16:49 bittu
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root           0 Feb 17 15:58 cert.pem
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root          79 Apr 26 11:52 checkfile
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root          64 Apr 26 11:52 checkfile1
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root           0 Apr 18 12:22 CheckFileExtensionFromAFile_AlreadyCompressed_18-04-2016_12:22:08
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root       36001 Apr 18 12:22 CheckFileExtensionFromAFile_UnCompressed_18-04-2016_12:22:08
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root           0 Apr 18 12:24 CheckFilesAreEmptyInFile_AlreadyNullified_18-04-2016_12:24:01
-rw-r--r--   1 root    root       36001 Apr 18 12:24 CheckFilesAreEmptyInFile_NotNullified_18-04-2016_12:24:01
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root        6699 Mar 22 23:18 CheckFileSystemMounted
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root         152 Mar 23 23:26 checkfull
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root          82 Feb 24 12:35 checkiffil
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       10240 Mar 18 14:34 checkmultipleuser
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       24681 Mar 24 06:02 checkuser1
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       24708 Mar 24 22:46 checkuser2
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       24198 Mar 25 13:11 checkuser4
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       23954 Mar 24 02:50 checkuserexistence
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root         206 Mar 25 15:23 compare
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root         205 Mar  3 16:23 concat
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       51304 Mar 22 01:45 CreateDefaultPasswordPolicy
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root    root       22272 Mar 25 15:52 cteateuser

Hello Sumanthsv,

Not sure if you changed username to root as follows while running the code.
Code:
 ssh loginname@hostname ls -l | awk -v s1="root" '{if ( $3 == s1 ) print $9}'

Please confirm the same if you had used above.

Thanks,
R. Singh
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Sumanthsv
# 7  
Old 05-10-2016
You are searching for an owner of literally 'username' which none of your files has, so an empty output is fine. Change the owner to be searched for to 'root' as RavinderSingh13 proposed and it should fly.
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