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Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:48 am**

Hi,

I need help in grabbing the value after comma from a comma separated file in linux.

Values in a file :

ABC,0
DEF,1
GHI,2
FJK,3

I need to grep value 0 if i pass ABC as a parameter to command.

i tried with grep 'ABC' filename | awk '{print $1}' but unsuccessful.

Could any one please help me.

Thanks in Advance.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:03 pm**

You're also not testing if the file returned nothing for the GREP command, but you're still parsing the stdout of grep.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:36 pm**

You were 'unsuccessful' how? A full explanation of what you tried and what happened when you tried it can go a long way towards getting a resolution out sooner rather than later.

Posted: **Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:31 pm**

yes it should be unsuccessful since there's no FS specified.
try:

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grep "ABC" filename|nawk -F, '{print $2}'

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pandeeswaran@ubuntu:~$ echo abc,0|grep abc|nawk -F, '{print $2}'
0

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