how to extract multiple strings from a line

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi

I have the following requirement. i have the following line from a log file

one : two : Three : four : five : six : seven : eight :nine :ten

Now can you pls help what i should do to get only the following output from the above line

two : five : six : seven : Eight

appreciate your help on this

thanks,
Vince

2 
awk -F: '{print $2,$5,$6,$7,$8}' OFS=":" infile
 two : five : six : seven : eight
3

Try with awk....( remove ":" if it's not required ).

awk '{print $2,":"$5,":"$6,":"$7,":"$8}' logfile

Udhay

4 
line="one : two : Three : four : five : six : seven : eight :nine :ten"
IFS=' :'
set -f
set -- $line
printf "%s : " $2 $5 $6 $7; echo $8