How do I retreive date info from the data file header

[rchowd2]

I have a data file which contains the following header record in one ine:
--------------------------------------
HEADER 2/16/0515.03.30TIO01676CMS.TST.IWUNV676.IO01 416360 ---------------------------

I am having difficulty just to retreive the date information (ex: 2/16/05). I tried to use Awk command but wasn't too succesful. Any advise on how can I retreive the date info from the file header.

Thanks,

Russel

 

[vgersh99]

nawk -f rc.awk dataFile

rc.awk:

BEGIN {
  FS="[ ]*|[.]"
}
FNR==1 {
   print substr($2, 1, length($2)-2)
}

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[xmb]

Vlad, may i ask why <this and that>, and not [ .]* - I have seen a few posts of you doing the like.

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[vgersh99]

to be honest with you I don't know - I think it's a matter of habit. And I also think that it makes it easier for me personally to visually separate two separators [no pun intended].

vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[xmb]

I see, well i was thinking it was the habit.. my habit went over to be performant w/o |'s where they arent needed. Quite cool marker tho.

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