Re: Newbie shell question.

Cheryl: You could try this: ------------------ #!/bin/ksh data="1|2|3|4||6|7" echo ${data} | nawk 'BEGIN {FS="|"} $5 !~ /^$/ { print $0 } ' ------------------ Steve Romankiw "Kemp, Cheryl" wrote: > To all, > How do you print a record from a unload file only if the 5th field has a > value? I'm looking in a Korn shell book and can't seem to fine the example I > need. > > TIA > Cheryl