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uk.engr 10-23-2012 02:56 AM
Search pattern and assign to Variable
 
Assalam o Alaikum!

I used this command to search particular pattern from file:

grep -n "em16" abc.txt

--> em16 value1d 234


I want to assign this random value "234" to variable? for every time this value changes, I want to filter out other text and want this random value 234 to be assigned to variable.

thanks!

chrism01 10-23-2012 04:47 AM
If that's exactly one space between the fields, then
Code:
a=$(grep -n "em16" t.t|cut -d' ' -f3)
echo $a
234
For more spaces between each field, use awk
Code:
b=$(grep -n "em16" t.t|awk '{print$3}')
echo $b
234

uk.engr 10-23-2012 05:11 AM
Thanks dear, this helps me to proceed ahead

David the H. 10-23-2012 11:47 AM
There's no need to combine grep and awk (or grep and sed). Just use the one that has the greater flexibility.

Code:
b=$( awk '/em16/ { print $NF }' abc.txt )
b=$( sed -n '/em16/ s/.* //p' abc.txt )
NF in awk represents the final field, no matter what it is. In the sed expression "s/.* //" removes everything up to and including the final space in the line.


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