On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 08:27:42PM +0000, michael wrote:
> I've been trying to do this with 'awk' but am hitting probs (not used
> awk for ages!) so all offers welcome!
>
> Given a multiple line file, IN, that contains the word Processor
> (possibly split over 2 lines) I wish to output the field immediately
> preceeding Processor.
>
> eg for
>
> junk info 18 Pro
> cessor
>
> I wish to get the field '18'
Used to use awk a lot, now mostly use perl, but here's something in awk:
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
part1 { # part of search term is found
# print "TESTING", part1, $1
part12 = part1 $1
if ( part12 == "Processor" )
print saved
part1 = ""
}
! part1 && $NF ~ /^P/ {
# print "TRYING", $NF
if ( $NF == "Processor" )
print $(NF-1)
else
part1 = $NF
saved = $(NF-1)
# print "partway there:", save, part1
}
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Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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