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Old 10-07-2010
Help needed with AWK fields
Hi all,

I currently use the following command to extract the 4th and 9th fields in our Syslog file.

Code:
$ tail messages|awk '{print $4 " " " " $9}'
solsw137-b02b.nls.jlrint.com  %LINK-3-UPDOWN:
hajap105-0106.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-ASSOC:
hajap101-0103.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-ROAMED:
hajap101-0103.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-DISASSOC:
whjap107-0606.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-ROAMED:
whjap107-0606.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-DISASSOC:
whjap114-0703.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-ASSOC:
whjap114-0703.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-ROGUE_AP:
whjap114-0703.nls.jlrint.com  %DOT11-6-ROGUE_AP:
solsw137-b02b.nls.jlrint.com  %RTD-1-LINK_FLAP:

I want to also include all fields in the actual messages starting with the 10th field.
I could do for example; tail messages|awk '{print $4 " " " " $9, $10, $11, $12, $13}'

In the above command, there are many more fields after the 13th field, but rather than inputting all fields, for which I have no idea how many fields there could be. I would rather use an expression (if there is one) that would simply include all fields from field 9 onwards to the end of the message.

Could you please help me out here.

Regards, Wynford
Last edited by vbe; 10-08-2010 at 05:50 AM..
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Old 10-07-2010
Code:
tail messages | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f4,9-

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Old 10-07-2010
Thanks Bartus11, that works a treat, you're a star Smilie
 
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