How do I print only certain columns in Linux?

How do I print only certain columns in Linux?

How to do it…

  1. To print the fifth column, use the following command: $ awk ‘{ print $5 }’ filename.
  2. We can also print multiple columns and insert our custom string in between columns. For example, to print the permission and filename of each file in the current directory, use the following set of commands:

How do I show a specific column in SQL?

The SQL SELECT Statement

  1. SELECT column1, column2, FROM table_name;
  2. SELECT * FROM table_name;
  3. Example. SELECT CustomerName, City FROM Customers;
  4. Example. SELECT * FROM Customers;

How do I show columns in Linux?

column command in Linux is used to display the contents of a file in columns. The input may be taken from the standard input or from the file. This command basically breaks the input into the multiple columns. Rows are filled before columns.

How to print the first column and last column?

Here is what I have so far for column 1: However this takes the first column and last column and merges them together in one list. Is there a way to print the first column and last columns clearly with sed and awk commands? Almost there. Just put both column references next to each other. Also note that you don’t need cat here.

How to get the second column from command output?

-d is a delimiter, -f is the field to cut and with -f2- we intend to cut the 2nd field until end. This should work to get a specific column out of the command output “docker images”:

How to extract only first column from the file?

Show Posts I have a file name pointer.unl. It’s contains the information below: I only need to extract first column only which is the “O” column. Appreciate if somebody can assist me.

When to use sed to only show the first column?

That could be: If you want the first and eighth fields regardless of the number of fields in the input, then it’s just: