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Old 05-16-2014
Print first field using awk
I want to print line by line only the first field from txt file

Code:
input file

etr,t7tu,e45xdt,e45exgt,cdgfe
aqw34aw,45edgf,45estd,sert34
a232e,4etedf,w345er,qw345rw,
qw354,q34asf,tw45f,q3drsf

Code:
required o/p file

etr
aqw34aw
a232e
qw354

but my code printing like below

Code:
etr
etr
etr
etr
aqw34aw
aqw34aw
aqw34aw
aqw34aw
a232e
a232e
a232e
a232e
qw354
qw354
qw354
qw354
qw354

my code

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk -F, '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) {print $1}}' inputfile >>outputfile

# 2  
Old 05-16-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by stew
I want to print line by line only the first field from txt file

Code:
input file

etr,t7tu,e45xdt,e45exgt,cdgfe
aqw34aw,45edgf,45estd,sert34
a232e,4etedf,w345er,qw345rw,
qw354,q34asf,tw45f,q3drsf

Code:
required o/p file

etr
aqw34aw
a232e
qw354

but my code printing like below

Code:
etr
etr
etr
etr
aqw34aw
aqw34aw
aqw34aw
aqw34aw
a232e
a232e
a232e
a232e
qw354
qw354
qw354
qw354
qw354

my code

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk -F, '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) {print $1}}' inputfile >>outputfile

You didn't get the output you showed us above from the input and code shown above!
To get the output you said you want from the input shown, try:
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk -F, '{print $1}' inputfile > outputfile

 
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