[SOLVED] Need one solution for Parsing Text

pattanaikhr · 04-27-2011, 08:02 AM

Hi All,
Step1 :
$lastlog -u user1
Username Port From Latest
user1 pts/4 10.142.230.18 Wed Apr 27 08:08:29 +0530 2011
Step2:
$lastlog -u user2
Username Port From Latest
user2 **Never logged in**

Please help me below outputs
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Output:
Step1 :
Wed Apr 27 08:08:29 +0530 2011
Step2 :
**Never logged in**

Thanks for helping me

Cheers,
Pattanaikhr

druuna · 04-27-2011, 08:14 AM

Hi,

Give this a try:

Code:

lastlog -u user1 | awk '/^user1/ { print }' | cut -c44-

Or if you want to use a variable:

Code:

THISUSER=user1
lastlog -u $THISUSER | awk '/^'$THISUSER'/ { print }' | cut -c44-

Hope this helps.

pattanaikhr · 04-27-2011, 09:19 AM

Thanks a lot

. It's working fine

druuna · 04-27-2011, 09:49 AM

You're welcome

BTW: Can you put up the [SOLVED] tag (first post -> Thread Tools).