2008/1/9, Sergio Cuéllar Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/1/9, Paul Csanyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I try to use awk to print second field from a text file > > but awk prints a part of 1. field as a 2. field. Why? > > > > aptitude search ~i | awk '{ NF = "2" } { FIELDWIDTHS = " 4 32 " } > > {print $2}' > foltelepitett_debian_csomagok > > > > less foltelepitett_debian_csomagok > > > > .. > > bsdmainutils > > bsdutils > > busybox > > A > > ca-certificates > > checksecurity A record is like these: i busybox - Tiny utilities for small and embedded syst i A bzip2 - high-quality block-sorting file compressor | 1234123456789etc. 1. |2. I try to get only the package name from the 2. field. FIELDWIDTHS = " 4 32 " The given width for 1. field (4) should be right, but isn't. Awk give me the letter "A" as a 2. field. Why? > something like this: aptitude search ~i | cut -d" " -f2 > does this help you ? No. -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm