Unix Programming

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James

2005-09-23, 7:50 am

grep Glen ~/Check| awk -F " " "{ print $1 }"

I have a file filled with name separated by spaces how can i edit the line
above to split by space

shakahshakah@gmail.com

2005-09-23, 7:50 am

James wrote:
> grep Glen ~/Check| awk -F " " "{ print $1 }"
>
> I have a file filled with name separated by spaces how can i edit the line
> above to split by space

Not sure I read your question correctly, but how about something like:

jc@soyuz:/tmp$ awk 'BEGIN { FS=" " } { print $2 "," $1 }' << EOT
> John Glenn
> Buzz Aldrin
> EOT
Glenn,John
Aldrin,Buzz
jc@soyuz/tmp$

?