Re^2: Simple awk question

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Re^3: Simple awk question by czah7 (Initiate) on Jun 05, 2014 at 18:51 UTC
On second thought. Almost! I need $fields to now be just that first field. Not just print the first field, it now needs to be a new variable. I tried `$fields = print $fields[0], "\n";` [download] close but no cigar, yet.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Simple awk question by jeffa (Bishop) on Jun 05, 2014 at 19:16 UTC
Don't assign the return of print, just assign the value of the index array element: `my $field = $fields[0]; print "$field\n";` [download] But why not just use Perl's awk mode instead? `echo '2014-06-04T15:24:21-05:00 syslog_dp [0x80e00099][ftp][error] sec +ure-backup(FBB): trans(5487)' \| perl -lape '$_=$F[0]'` [download] jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply] [d/l] [select]