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  1. gborrageiro

    awk: print colums $1 through to $5

    hi, Is there a simple way to cat a file a print colums 1 through to 5? This is how I tediously accomplish this at the moment: cat file | awk '{print $1$2$3$4$5}' would be great to use a range of some sort, eg: cat file | awk '{print $1:$5}' many thanks
  2. gborrageiro

    Print minimum value in column

    hello, I'm having trouble printing the minimum numerical value in a column. When I try printing the maximum value it works fine. It's almost as if awk does'nt like the '<' parameter. The command I run is: cat file | awk '$5 < min {min=$5; minline=$0}; END{ print min, minline}' The result is...

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