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[Jerry Walsh]

You could use awk

cat file | awk '{print $4 }'


or cut

cat file | cut -d ' ' -f 4

HTH,

Jerry.

somebody called Baldwin_James at emc.com wrote:
> Lads,
> 
> Quick question on Sed..I am brain-dead today...
> 
> I have a file for eg. below and want to keep only 1 column of data and
> delete the rest before and after that column;
> HOW?  Using SED?  How about a pre-filter of Grep before SED?
> (so, I want to make a file list and cut the rest of the data out)
> 
> BEFORE FILE:
> 
> Cannot Process File /usr/bin/12765 "The file is completely arsed. Can't
> access"
> Cannot Process File /usr/bin/123244 "The file is completely arsed. Can't
> access"
> Cannot Process File /usr/bin/134 "The file is completely arsed. Can't
> access"
> Cannot Process File /usr/bin/4334345 "The file is completely arsed. Can't
> access"
> Cannot Process File /usr/bin/12733 "The file is completely arsed. Can't
> access"
> Cannot Process File /usr/bin/1245981115 "The file is completely arsed. Can't
> access"
> 
> AFTER FILE:
> /usr/bin/12765
> /usr/bin/123244
> /usr/bin/134
> ....etc
> ....etc
> ....etc....
> 
> THANKS...............J.!
> 
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