Fetch columns of Output using Awk
Tagged with: awk, cli, filter, Linux, output, script, sed, separator, shell, string, text
One can use awk to get a specific column from a command output…
First column of the command
date|awk '{print $1}'
11th Column of the command
ps aux|awk '{print $11}'
Use a different Field separator
cat /etc/passwd|awk -F ':' '{print $1}'
[tags]awk,sed,shell,script,output,filter,text,cli,linux,string,separator[/tags]