Hi, I saw your post.. I have a dought in awk command...
how to get the output from a file. i need a first column in etc/passwd file in a single column (in indivijual line)... i couldn't get with this command
cat /etc/passwd | awk -F ":" '{printf $1}'
Kindly help
Please always start your own thread. Never hijack someone else's.
Use print instead of printf
awk -F ":" '{print $1}' /etc/passwd
Or supply a format string to printf .
printf
cat /etc/passwd | awk -F":" '{ print $1 | "sort"}'