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Using nawk, how to print all first names containing four characters? I tried nawk ‘/^[[:alpha:]]{4}/{print $1}’ inputfile but didn't work
Mike Harrington:(510) 548-1278:250:100:175
Christian Dobbins:(408) 538-2358:155:90:201
Susan Dalsass:(206) 654-6279:250:60:50
Jody Savage:(206) 548-1278:15:188:150
Chet Main:(510) 548-5258:50:95:135
Tom Savage:(408) 926-3456:250:168:200
Steve
Posted 2012-10-17T17:04:11.753
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"Didn't work" means...? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2012-10-17T17:08:46.803
2You seem to be asking a lot of sed/awk-related questions without ever accepting the answers, or even bothering to read an awk tutorial... – user1686 – 2012-10-17T17:15:43.340
3Hi Steve! Please go through your existing questions once again and see which answers helped you the most. You can accept them by clicking the green checkmark next to them and should do so, as otherwise users might stop answering your questions. Also, as @grawity mentioned, you really need to show a little more research effort – we can certainly help you, but you need to show what you've tried in the first place. – slhck – 2012-10-17T17:17:26.710