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  • 29-01-2009 4:05pm
    #1
    loz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    Probably easy for soemone in here i wish to grab from below

    Jan 29 11:03:27 hostname postfix/smtp[27579]: [ID 197553 mail.info] 67F1623945F: to=<xxx@xxx.com>, relay=none, delay=3, status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=xxx.com type=A: Host not found)

    fields 1, 2, 3, 10 and then 13 onwards as one chunk,

    eg

    Jan,29,11:03:27,to=<xxx@xxx.com>,status=bounced (Host or domain name not found. Name service error for name=xxx.com type=A: Host not found)

    I know i can awk out the first few with space delinmiter and print position, but the whole lot after the first comma ?

    Thanks

    Loz


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    nobodythere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,349 ✭✭✭nobodythere


    For the last bit, try a for loop:
    for (i=13; i<NF; i++) printf "%s", $i","; i++; printf "%s", $i"\n"


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,509 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    cut seems to work. 
    cut -d ' ' -f 1,2,3,10,13- the-file.txt
    This says to use space as delimiter and return fields 1, 2, 3, 10 and then 13 on.
    Returns: 
    Jan 29 11:03:27 to=<xxx@xxx.com>, status=bounced (Host or domain name not found.
 Name service error for name=xxx.com type=A: Host not found)


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