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Re: awk usage question




On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 07:41:46PM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote......

> Kevin Coyner <kevin@rustybear.com> writes:
> 
> >     1.  only read lines with the word "Message" in it
> >     2.  in lines with "Message", output everything to the right of the
> >         word "Message".  This could be one word or twenty words.
> 
> awk '/Message/ { print substr($0, index($0, "Message")+length("Message")) }'

Pefect.  Thanks.

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Kevin Coyner
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