topic Re: exact match in Operating System - HP-UX

exact match

Pando — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:13:29 GMT

i have a data inside a file that looks like this:

...
Difusion Lot ID, 11111-11 (line 1)
Lot ID, 3649 (line 2)
...

I need to get only the value of the 2nd line and stored in a variable but
what i get was the value of the 1st line because of the word Lot ID.

I have used the command:

measbatch=$(awk -F "," '/Lot ID/ {print $2}' $MFILE)

Maximum points for all correct answers!

Re: exact match

john korterman — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:19:28 GMT

Hi Fernando,
if you are absolutely sure that the second line starts with Lot ID, you can use the "hat" symbol for specifying beginning of line, e.g.:
measbatch=$(awk -F "," '/^Lot ID/ {print $2}' $MFILE)

but perhaps you can define the line requested line differently?

regards,
John K.

Re: exact match

Pando — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:28:45 GMT

Many thanks!