awesome-dave1 at juno.com staggered into view and mumbled: > >Hello, > Got probably a simple question, one whose answer is probably staring me >in the face. I'm writing a script that outputs stopped or aborted jobs in >a mailq. The purpose is to grab field one, the queue ID field then place >that info in a file. The problem is i can grab the first field, but cut >takes the entire line. I need to know how to make cut split on a space? The `cut' man page indicates that the -d parameter can be used to define the needed delimiter. Using `-d' with a space enclosed in quotes should do the trick. See the man page for `cut' for more information. You might also consider using `awk', or defining a `bash' function and outputting the $1 variable. There are other ways of capturing the first word on a given line, but these techniques seem to be the simplest to me. I hope this info helps, and have a _great_ day! -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. CIRCLE RADIUS = sqrt (x ^ 2 + y ^ 2)
