On 28 May 2007 13:57:44 -0700,
apogeusistemas@gmail.com
<apogeusistemas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 28 maio, 12:34, Ed Morton <mor...@lsupcaemnt.com> wrote:
>> Franco wrote:
>> > On May 28, 2:52 pm, apogeusiste...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >>Hi:
>> >>I need search a specified string in a file, after the word
>> >>"mounting" , like this:
>>
>> >>solaris> cat file
>> >>netbackup, orac_ux001 backup, streaming yes, multiplexing ok ,
>> >>mounting M00541 police enabled, data file
>>
>> >>Which awk command can I issue to extract only the "M00541" string
>> >>inside a file ?
>>
>> >>Thanks
>>
>> > Why not use grep ?
>>
>> > grep -i mounting file ???????
>>
>> > This will extract all instances' of mounting and its associated line.
>>
>> He doesn't want the line or the word itself, he wants just the word
>> following it the word he's searching for.
>>
>> For the OP - This will work for the sample input you posted:
>>
>> awk '{for (i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i == "mounting") print $(i+1)}' file
>>
>> but what would you want to have happen if "mounting" was the last word
>> on a line?
>>
>
> Is there any way to limit the substring founded in 6 characters ?
> I´m getting this:
>
> M00541,05/28/07
>
> Thank you !
>
print substr($(i+1),1,6)
sub(/,.*/,"",$(i+1)); print $(i+1)
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