On 4/25/05, Larsen, Errin M HMMA/IT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Perlers, > > I typically will type the following to collect a specific column of > data from some command's output: > > # some_command | awk '{print $4}' > > I wanted to start using perl one-liners more often, so I thought I'd > try the column thing first. This is what I came up with: > > # some_command | perl -pe '$_ = (split)[3] . "\n";' > > That feels/seems rather awkward. Is there an easier, "cleaner" way of > doing this? > > --Errin >
perl -pae '$_="$F[3]\n"' perl -nae 'print "$F[3]\n"' See perldoc perlrun for info on the -a and -F switches. HTH, --jay -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>