extracting a word

[HIB049]

Hi Guys,

Need you quick assistance on the below, trying to extract a word from a variable

i.e. acmi101[space]acmi102[space]acmi103[space]acmi104

When i use the following code awk '{$2=""}1' it leaves a space in the variable, need to get rid of the space that it leaves. Any ideas.

result, would be

acmi101[space][space]acmi103[space]acmi104

need to get rid of the extra space.

 

[PHV]

What about this ?
awk '{sub(" "$2" "," ")}1'

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[HIB049]

Thanks PHV, that did the trick.