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07-28-2008, 03:36 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jul 2008
Posts: 1
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Reading and printing the 5th, 10th, 15th...word of any file
I need a script that could read and print the 5th, 10th, 15th... word of any file.
Any guess?
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07-28-2008, 03:50 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Northeastern Michigan, where Carhartt is a Designer Label
Distribution: Slackware 32- & 64-bit Stable
Posts: 3,541
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awk.
Hint: print $5, $10, $15
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07-28-2008, 03:51 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Distribution: SuSE, RedHat, Slack,CentOS
Posts: 26,636
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dahr
I need a script that could read and print the 5th, 10th, 15th... word of any file.
Any guess?
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Guess for what? Can it be done? Yes, easily. I'd also guess this is homework.....check out one of the numerous shell-script tutorials that can be found on Google.
If you have a script that has a problem, post it with the error message(s), and we'll be glad to help.
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