LINUX: AWK Command To Print Particular Column In Command Output Or File (How To Doc)

Below awk command can be used to print particular column in command output or file.

cat <filename> | awk {'print $<column number>'}

<command> | awk {'print $<column number>'}

To demonstrate this with an example, if you have file test.out with below content and 4 columns.

A789652=alpha   22      33      44
A789651=alpha   AA      BB      CC
A28ee69=beta    XX      YY      ZZ
A28ee6a=beta    11      99      88
A2991a5=alpha   12      34      56

If you want to print second column in test.out file, your awk command looks as follows:

# cat test.out | awk {'print $2'}

Below is example output of above command. As you can see it printed 2nd column.

22
AA
XX
11
12

Products to which Article Applies

All Linux Operating Systems

Additional Reference

http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_adv_awk.php

tarun boyella