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I have a 1gb file and would like to get the third and fifth fields.



The file is delimited by (,):



input file:



luis, jose, jesus atoche, mark, john
1,2,3,4,5
aa 1, bb 2, cc3, dd 4, ee5


output file:



jesus atoche, john
3.5
  cc3, ee5


I understand that it can be done with the awk commands.



THANKS!










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    I have a 1gb file and would like to get the third and fifth fields.



    The file is delimited by (,):



    input file:



    luis, jose, jesus atoche, mark, john
    1,2,3,4,5
    aa 1, bb 2, cc3, dd 4, ee5


    output file:



    jesus atoche, john
    3.5
      cc3, ee5


    I understand that it can be done with the awk commands.



    THANKS!










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      I have a 1gb file and would like to get the third and fifth fields.



      The file is delimited by (,):



      input file:



      luis, jose, jesus atoche, mark, john
      1,2,3,4,5
      aa 1, bb 2, cc3, dd 4, ee5


      output file:



      jesus atoche, john
      3.5
        cc3, ee5


      I understand that it can be done with the awk commands.



      THANKS!










      share|improve this question









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      I have a 1gb file and would like to get the third and fifth fields.



      The file is delimited by (,):



      input file:



      luis, jose, jesus atoche, mark, john
      1,2,3,4,5
      aa 1, bb 2, cc3, dd 4, ee5


      output file:



      jesus atoche, john
      3.5
        cc3, ee5


      I understand that it can be done with the awk commands.



      THANKS!







      text-processing awk gawk mawk






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            Try awk -F"," 'print $3","$5' <input file name>






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