me@mybox:~/sandbox
$ cat data.txt
bob 21 xyz
sam 8 uuu
bob 90 fff
sue 12 qaz
bob 99 har
me@mybox:~/sandbox
$ grep bob data.txt | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'
21
me@mybox:~/sandbox
$ awk '/bob/ {print $2; exit}' data.txt
21

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$lastValidBackupTime=`/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpcatlist -client $client 2>&1 | grep $client | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}'`;