From 2926835dd67fe4e352bb5e38bdd17fbedac5920a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sinan Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 22:05:11 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] awk: add print every nth line example (#2008) --- pages/common/awk.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/pages/common/awk.md b/pages/common/awk.md index f4638e9bc..e526de359 100644 --- a/pages/common/awk.md +++ b/pages/common/awk.md @@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ - Sum the values in the first column and pretty-print the values and then the total: `awk '{s+=$1; print $1} END {print "--------"; print s}' {{filename}}` + +- Print every third line starting from the first line: + +`awk 'NR%3==1' {{filename}}`