Re: [bug #22100] Enhancement request: "grep foo | grep bar" in one process (i.e. line-selector and pattern selector)

[Richard Neill]

Andreas Schwab wrote:
Richard Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

For example, consider a data file:

  apples: 12
  oranges: 15
  bananas: 20

How many oranges do I have?

awk '/oranges/ { print $2 }'

Andreas.


Dear Andreas,

Thanks for your email. Sadly, my contrived example is oversimplified, 
such that the sub-section is in the nth field, where n is known in 
advance - but that isn't necessarily true.

Regards,

Richard