Hello beginners, I am trying to do this: $ns1_in = `/usr/local/sbin/iptables -xvnL |grep 'mrtg' |grep -v 'Chain' |grep 'ns1-in' |awk '{print $2}'`;
but perl thinks the $2 is for it so it evals it (to '') and then awk in return prints the whole line, as opposed to the $2 that I want. Escaping the $2 to \$2 didn't work. I know this could be done in perl, but I'm always one for the quick and dirty CLI way first. ;-) Thanks in advance. Thanks, David Ulevitch mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Founder, EveryDNS.net http://www.everydns.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]