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I am executing a stored proc and sending the results in a log file. I then want to grab one result from the output parameters (bolded below, 2) so that I can store it in a variable which will then be called in another script. There are more details that get printed in the beginning of the log file, but what you see below gets printed at the end of the log file. This matters mentioning it because the line number where this value will show up in will not always be the same, due to possible errors that may occur in the program. I know that there is a grep -n command which tells you what line that value is, but seeing as this will be an automated script, I won't be able to see what line it is everytime the script runs. Any ideas/comments/suggestions?

Thanks!

Code:

#!/bin/sh
while read line
do
  if [ "$line" -eq "Parameter Name : BATCHES_UPDATED" ]
  then
    read line
    echo "$line" | awk '{ print $3 }'
    exit 0
  fi
done

(Untested)

Usage: scriptname.sh < output.file

Or using awk alone:

Code:

awk '/Parameter Name : BATCHES_UPDATED/ { getline ; print $3 }' output.file

Sweetness! Both work great! Thanks to you both!