Awk : print certain column ranges
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Name: daelomin
Date: August 10, 2006 at 09:20:13 Pacific
Subject: Awk : print certain column rangesOS: LinuxCPU/Ram: P4 1gig |
Comment: Hi, How can one print columns say 4 to end with awk? Thanks
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Name: nails
Date: August 10, 2006 at 15:08:55 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Assume a default file delimited by whitespace; start at column 4 and print each column to the end. Print a CR at the end of each line: #!/bin/ksh awk ' {
for (i=4; i<=NF; i++)
printf("%s ", $i)
printf("\n") # CR at end of line
} ' mydatafile
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