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Old 11-08-2011
how to read the second word of a text file

Folks,
how to read the second word of the first line from a text file. Text file does not have any delimiters in the line and has words at random locations. Basically the text file is a log and i want to capture a number that is in second position.


Appreciate your help

Venu
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Old 11-08-2011
one way:
Code:
awk ' {print $2; exit} ' input.log

 
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