> Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. > > My data looks somethings like this > > host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no > host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > host17:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:31:17:19:no > host12:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:41:17:19:no > host2:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:41:17:19:no > host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:45:17:19:no > host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > > I need to sort this list and print all the lines where column 3 has a > duplicate entry. > > I need to print the whole line, if a duplicate entry exists in column 3. > > I tried using a combination of "sort" and "uniq" but was not successful. list.awk BEGIN { FS=":"; } { if ( $3 == last ) { print $0; } last = $3; } sort <file> | awk -f list.awk mark "*how* long an awk script would you like?" _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos