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# 1  
Old 09-04-2008
extracting parameter from file
Hi
I have file

128 BES-Exchange [perf08:storage1] BES-Exchange/BES-Exchange.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-04
144 BES-SVR [perf08:storage1] BES-SVR/BES-SVR.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-04
176 BES AD [perf08:storage1] BES-AD/BES AD.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-04


so in above file i want to extract only BES AD
the BES AD is seperated by tab i tried with gawk but not getting exact what i want
I want following output

BES-Exchange
BES-SVR
BES AD

Thanks
Brahma
# 2  
Old 09-04-2008
awk -F"[" '{print $1}' infile|cut -d' ' -f1 something like this
or instead of cut you can use sed also...
awk -F"[" '{print $1}'|sed -e 's/^ *[^ ]* //'
# 3  
Old 09-04-2008
cat File.txt
128 BES-Exchange [perf08:storage1] BES-Exchange/BES-Exchange.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-04
144 BES-SVR [perf08:storage1] BES-SVR/BES-SVR.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-04
176 BES AD [perf08:storage1] BES-AD/BES AD.vmx winNetEnterpriseGuest vmx-04

awk -F"/|[.]" '{print $2}' File.txt
# 4  
Old 09-04-2008
when i do this it gives me output as


128 BES-Exchange

144 BES-SVR
176 BES AD

i want only BES and things
# 5  
Old 09-04-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by bp_vardhaman
when i do this it gives me output as


128 BES-Exchange

144 BES-SVR
176 BES AD

i want only BES and things
the pipe it to cut or sed to remove first word as i suggested..
# 6  
Old 09-04-2008
bp_vardhaman,

du tried awk -F"/|[.]" '{print $2}' File.txt this ?
# 7  
Old 09-04-2008
But i even want tab also but here its coming as without tab Smilie

BES AD
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