You can set $[1..n] to "" and then print find ./ -name "stuff" | awk '{ $1=""; $2=""; print}
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:41:32 -0500, Mark Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 07:36:05PM -0700 David Bear wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 11:19:26PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 02:40:10PM -0700, David Bear wrote: > > > > I'm using awk to parse a directory listing. I was hoping there is a > > > > way to tell awk to print from $2 - to the end of the columns > > > > available. > > > > > > > > find ./ -name '*stuff' | awk '{FS="/" print $3---'} > > > > > > Is this what you mean?: > > > > > > find ./ -name '*stuff'|sed 's|\.[^/]*/[^/]*/||g' > > > > thanks for the advice. No, this doesn't do what I want. > > > > If I have a directory path /stuff/stuff/more/stuff/more/and/more > > that is n-levels deep, I want to be able to cut off the first two > > levels and print the from 2 to the Nth level. > > So how about cut? > > find ./ -name '*stuff'| cut -d/ -f4- > > Mark > > -- > "The fix is only temporary...unless it works." - Red Green > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"