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# 1  
Old 07-09-2010
Question Awk command

hi,
I have input like this

Code:
Machine Id                     Machine Name
========                      ===========
1                                  sssl788

I want output like this

Output
sssl788


I have tried with
Code:
awk -e '{print $2}'

but output is

Code:
Id
 
sssl788



Please help me

Last edited by pludi; 07-09-2010 at 05:00 AM.. Reason: code tags, please...
# 2  
Old 07-09-2010
Maybe ...

Code:
[house@leonov] cat in.file
Machine Id                     Machine Name
========                      ===========
1                                  sssl788
[house@leonov] cat in.file | grep -v '[Mach|===]' | awk '{print $2}'
sssl788

# 3  
Old 07-09-2010
Awk command

Hi ,

I hope below code will helps you .let me know if there are any changes in the input information ......you can reach me through sandeep0461@gmail.com


l488pp035_pub[/test] > cat n|awk 'NR>2{print $2}'
sssl788
l488pp035_pub[/test] > cat n
chine Id Machine Name
======== ===========
1 sssl788
l488pp035_pub[/test] >
# 4  
Old 07-09-2010
what about...

Code:
C:\cygwin\tmp>cat sr.txt
Machine Id                     Machine Name
========                      ===========
1                                  sssl788


C:\cygwin\tmp>grep "^[0-9]" <sr.txt | gawk '{print $2}
sssl788

# 5  
Old 07-09-2010
Or perhaps:
Code:
awk 'NR>2{print $2}' infile

Code:
sed -n '3,$s/.* //gp' infile

Code:
sed '1,2d;s/.* //g' infile

may work, depending on the structure of the input file.
 
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