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Old 08-05-2011
Printing columns with header
Hi Gurus,

I want to extract certain columns from file 2 and combine with file 1.
I am using the following script to extract the columns.
$ awk 'FNR>1{print $2, $9, FILENAME}' *.lim > out1

However, this script does not print the titles of the columns 2 and 9.

Can somebody help me in editing this script to make it print the titles as well?

Appreciate the help!
Thanks.

---------- Post updated 08-06-11 at 12:02 AM ---------- Previous update was 08-05-11 at 11:57 PM ----------

Smilie Never mind guys! I got it working!!
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Old 08-05-2011
It's the FNR>1 which probably skips the titles. FNR means File Record Number (usually line number), thus line1 is excluded...
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