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Hi ,

i try to filter input file :

[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
[983254:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 00:00:02

keeping lines with hour > 06

as :

[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09

i tried :

CSL=06

nawk -v CSL="${CSL}" -F'[ :]' '/^\[/ { if ( $4 -gt $CSL) print $0 } ; /^\>/ { if ( $5 -gt $CSL) print $0 }' input_file.txt

i would here give CSL as shell variable

the ouput file is the same as input.

somebody can remove the straw in my eye ?

regards
Christian

Try this:

Code:

awk 'substr($3,1,2) > "06" {print}' file

Regards

Thanks ,

The corrrect statement is :
substr($3,1-2) > "06" {print}

but now i need to put it in my complete AWK command with $CSL , test with first character "[" or ">" and so on , and there is a mistake with the brackets.

can you have a closer look , please ?

Christian

Post your script, the exact content of your input file and the desired output.

Regards

input file like this :

[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
>[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
[983254:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 00:00:02

output file (only the lines where hour > 06 ):

[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
>[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09

i would have the "06" value as parameter named CSL
and the first character of the line could be "[" or ">"

and the code i tried is :

nawk -v CSL="${CSL}" -F'[ :]' '/^\[/ { if ( $4 -gt $CSL) print $0 } ; /^\>/ { if ( $5 -gt $CSL) print $0 }' input_file

thanks in advance
Christian

Sorry there is a blank just after the ">" :

[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
> [565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
[983254:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 00:00:02

output file (only the lines where hour > 06 ):

[565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09
> [565342:00002-00001] 17/04/2008 06:17:09

regards
Christian

I suppose you mean the lines with hour > 05:

Code:

awk '
NF==3 && substr($3,1,2) > "05" {print;next}
substr($4,1,2) > "05" {print}
' file

Regards