Many Thanks, it works. On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 13:52:24, Thierry ITTY <thierry.itty@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >where should I place the file name "file"? > > hmm, you should "man awk" > > thought, assuming the file that contains qmail definitions is named > "myqmailfile" > cat myqmailfile | awk '...' > or > awk '...' < myqmailfile > > will put the result on your display, and > cat myqmailfile | awk '...' > myuserandpasswordfile > or > awk '...' < myqmailfile > myuserandpasswordfile > > will put the result in the file named "myuserandpasswordfile" > > this is basic unix "plumbery" > > hth > > > > > >> awk '/^name/ {n=$2} /^clear/ {printf "username: " n "\tpassword: " $3 > "\n"}' > >> should work > >> needs that all entries are correct (ie no name without password etc) > >> > >> hth -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list