Try this as following:
cat yourfile | awk -F; ' ( $4 == "") { print $0 }' # $4 means your field number from
beginning; $0 means whole line.
Good luck!
Don
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> Hallo everybody,
>
> anyone whom can tell me what the command is to search for an empty field in a unix
> file.
>
> for instance if you want to find the empty spacelines if some lines looklike:
>
> 1;100;Name;;
> 2;200;Test;45;
> 3;300;Name;;
>
> I would like to find out line nr 1 and 3 here above. Anyone whom could suggest any
> good?
>
> Maybe this sounds simple but I have tried with /;; and cant find it. If iI use that
> command then I will get lines with ;;;;;; and i just want lines with two ;;
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Roland
>
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