how to get the second column and first row data from a file???

loplayers · 11-04-2007, 10:20 PM

there is a file call 'abc':
1 abc 123
2 def 456
3 erew 678

But i use two command that using 'cut' and 'head' command
How can i get 'abc' into a variable with one command only???

matthewg42 · 11-04-2007, 10:23 PM

Code:

myvar=$(head -n 1 abc |cut -d" " -f2)

colucix · 11-04-2007, 10:55 PM

Or

Code:

myvar=$(awk 'NR==1{print $2}' abc)

loplayers · 11-05-2007, 07:35 PM

if i want to get the last data with column2. then, like the below command?
myvar=$(tail -n 1 abc |cut -d" " -f2)