help with extracting entries from a multiple entry columns in a file

syg00 · 07-04-2017, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

then I suggest using awk

Yep, that should do it. Nice answer allend, I always forget about the power of the FS.

chrism01 · 07-05-2017, 12:38 AM

Using this data file

Code:

AG;0.79780;0.132;0.204;487;923	AG;0.79780;0.132;0.204;487;923	AG;0.79780;0.132;0.204;487;923
GG;0.79780;0.115;0.161;213;457	GG;0.79780;0.115;0.161;213;457	GG;0.79780;0.115;0.161;213;457
AG;0.79780;0.095;0.152;375;835	AG;0.79780;0.095;0.152;375;835	AG;0.79780;0.095;0.152;375;835

# code
cat t.t |cut -d';' -f1

# output
rs
AG
GG
AG

this code