awk will not parse the way I want it to.

[Steven E. Protter]

Because I'm a pathetic awk programmer.

Here's the code:

IP=192.168.0.50
OCT1=`echo $IP | awk -F: '/^[^#*]+./ {print $1}' -`
echo $OCT1

OCT2=`echo $IP | awk -F: '/^[^#*]+./ {print $2}' -`
echo $OCT2

OCT3=`echo $IP | awk -F: '/^[^#*]+./ {print $3}' -`
echo $OCT3

Output is

192.168.0.50

then two blank lines.

Intended output is

192
168
0

Yes, I'm trying to break up an IP adderss.

I tried some awk code that I use to pull the data from a colon : delimited oratab database, replaced the : with a dot . and get bad results.

Thanks in Advance for the help.

Points for any effort. Rabbit for any code that works.

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[John Carr_2]

awk -F"=" '{ print $2}' | awk -F"." '{ print $1)'

you can work the rest out :-) John.

[john korterman]

Hi,
# OCT1=`echo $IP | awk -F. '{print $1}'`

and of course OCT2 for $2 etc.

regards,
John K.

[John Carr_2 · Accepted solution]

echo $IP | awk -F"=" '{ print $2}' | awk -F"." '{ print $1)'

echo $IP | awk -F"=" '{ print $2}' | awk -F"." '{ print $2)'

echo $IP | awk -F"=" '{ print $2}' | awk -F"." '{ print $3)'

ignore the last entry this is what i meant
:-) jOHN.

[Steven E. Protter]

Thank you gentlemen.

Thread closed.

My embarassment forgotten.

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[John Carr_2]

SEP you put a big smile on my face and a new hat on my head
:-) John

off to dinner now see you all later

[Steven E. Protter]

I do so much like handing out hats.

Even by accident like this time.

itrc rocks!

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[curt larson_1]

just another way

print "$IP" | tr -d "\." | read oct1 oct2 oct3 oct4 rest

print "1st = $oct1\n2nd = $oct2\n3rd = $oct3"

[Steven E. Protter]

Nice work, oh wizardly one.

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[Jean-Louis Phelix]

Hi,

Just for fun and for those who don't know IFS in shell :

IP=192.168.0.50
OFS="$IFS" # save $IFS just in case
IFS=.
set +A OCT $IP
IFS="$OFS" # restore default IFS
echo ${OCT[0]} ${OCT[1]} ${OCT[2]} ${OCT[3]}
echo ${OCT[@]} # print whole array ...

Regards.