Grep Command with Unique Records

syg00 · 04-27-2012, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fukawi1

... but i sometimes feel cut is under appreciated

Possibly true; in all the time I've used *nix (that'd be last millennium) I reckon I could count on one hand (maybe finger) the times I've used "cut".

But then it took me until reasonably recently to even look at awk ...

Nermal · 04-27-2012, 11:38 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

Possibly true; in all the time I've used *nix (that'd be last millennium) I reckon I could count on one hand (maybe finger) the times I've used "cut".

But then it took me until reasonably recently to even look at awk ...

I have has a love hate relationship with "awk" for over 25 years... Getting to grips with it is still on my todo list. It has l33t powers if you can spend the time figure it out and remember the syntax. There are some old skool *nix hacks at work who love to show it off.

whizje · 04-27-2012, 11:58 AM

Grep and sort.

Code:

bash-4.1$ grep -o "MEDIA..." myfile | sort -u
MEDIA 03
MEDIA 07
MEDIA 11
MEDIA 12
MEDIA 13
MEDIA 14

whizje · 04-27-2012, 12:53 PM

I forgot the UNAVAILABLE part.

Code:

bash-4.1$ grep "UNAVAILABLE$" myfile | grep -o "MEDIA..." | sort -u
MEDIA 03
MEDIA 07
MEDIA 11
MEDIA 13
MEDIA 14