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Created page with "lets say you need the field after something denoted by a precurser. precurser = rule: example... # echo "1 2 3 4 5 6 rule: 7 8 9 10" | awk '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) if ($i==..."

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lets say you need the field after something denoted by a precurser.

precurser = rule:

example...

# echo "1 2 3 4 5 6 rule: 7 8 9 10" | awk '{for (i=1; i<=NF; i++) if ($i=="rule:") print $(i+1)}'
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awk parsing log fields - Revision history

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