Posted in Command Line, Linux Using Awk Binny V A May 11, 2007 Leave a Comment on Using Awk Simple uses for awk Get the second column from the output ps aux | awk '{print $2}' Use a different column separator cat /etc/passwd|awk '{print $1}' [tags]awk,cli,linux,command,filter,text[/tags] Author: Binny V AA philosopher programmer who specializes in backend development and stoicism.