Question

What unix / linux command would I use to execute this:

Display only the fifth field on each line in the file myclass using a delimiter of :

Answer 1

The command is:

$cut -d ':' -f 5 [filename]

Cut command prints the selected parts of lines from each file to standard output.

-d indicates the delimiter, in our case the delimiter is ":" and -f expects the field number of the file, in our case it is fifth field. And finally you've to give the file name as an argument.

Command execution:

root@ubuntu:/home/pass/Desktop# cut -d ':' -f 5 StrepList.txt in here. 23231 sorry linux root@ubuntu:/home/pass/Desktop# 1

Here 'StrepList.txt' is the file name and the contetns of the file are:

StrepList.txt * 1.sh x There are:no: boys:in: the: row no: one:is:innocent:here. 4123:5341:5341:523412:23231:12313. row:random:really: fine: sorry:return mouse:cpu: keyboard: touchpad:linux: ubuntu