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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!uni-erlangen.de!uniol!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!nntp.gmd.de!news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!tubsibr!malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de!not-for-mail From: mb@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de (Martin Butkus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: sh command shell script writing. i'm stuck Date: 22 Jul 1996 20:46:15 +0200 Organization: TU Braunschweig, Germany Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4t0i9n$otn@malibu.ts.rz.tu-bs.de> References: <4t02d1$nec@cliff.island.net> Reply-To: M.Butkus@tu-bs.de NNTP-Posting-Host: rzrtr1.rz.tu-bs.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Originator: y0001415@ws.rz.tu-bs.de Victor Aker (bryanm@north.island.net) wrote: : an example, line 3 and line 3 only). So far, I have gotten this far: : tempuser=$(ls /home | cat -n | grep -G "$counter" : 3 ets : where I only need : ets : Any script gurus out there? No guru, but an awk lover :). An easy way would be tempuser=$(ls /home | awk "NR==$counter") -- Martin Butkus >>> Live long and prosper. <<< Phone/Fax: +49.5331.298710 Am Stadtwege 10, 38304 Wolfenbuettel, Germany M.Butkus@tu-bs.de