how to use a string as a delimiter?
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how to use a string as a delimiter?
by mightyganesh Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:05 pm
In the cut command we can use only one character as the delimiter with the -d switch.
but i want to use a string or a pattern as a delimiter how can i do it?
and i wanna know if we have any other command for column delimiter??
but i want to use a string or a pattern as a delimiter how can i do it?
and i wanna know if we have any other command for column delimiter??
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Re: how to use a string as a delimiter?
by Maithreyi Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:09 pm
Cut allows only a single character delimiter.String as a delimiter not possible with cut.
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Re: how to use a string as a delimiter?
by mightyganesh Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:53 pm
do we have any other vertical delimiter other than cut command?
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Re: how to use a string as a delimiter?
by akalya Thu Mar 04, 2010 5:50 pm
@ganesh
try this:
$cat abc.txt
123li456li789
987li654li321
$awk -F "li" '{print $1}' abc.txt
123
987
try this:
$cat abc.txt
123li456li789
987li654li321
$awk -F "li" '{print $1}' abc.txt
123
987
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