read value from second line

[kubabuk]

Hi there,
This should be fairly simple. How can I read a value from the second line in first column?

thanks
kuba

 

[feherke]

Hi

Something like this ?

[blue]master #[/blue] echo "1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9 " | awk 'NR==2{print$1}'
4

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[kubabuk]

Thanks a lot, Feherke that works!