awk to retrieve the first field report from atq

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$ atq | awk "print $1" 
28 Wed Oct 31 10:23:00 2018
27 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
25 Tue Oct 30 21:19:00 2018
29 Wed Oct 31 10:42:00 2018
26 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
20 Tue Oct 30 18:25:00 2018
30 Wed Oct 31 10:59:00 2018
32 Wed Oct 31 21:03:00 2018
23 Tue Oct 30 18:28:00 2018
31 Wed Oct 31 13:58:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
21 Tue Oct 30 18:27:00 2018


It did not work as I expected, but it's relatively easy to work small programs together



$ atq | cut -f 1
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How could I retrieve the first field using awk?






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    You need single quotes around the awk commands.
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$ atq | awk "print $1" 
28 Wed Oct 31 10:23:00 2018
27 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
25 Tue Oct 30 21:19:00 2018
29 Wed Oct 31 10:42:00 2018
26 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
20 Tue Oct 30 18:25:00 2018
30 Wed Oct 31 10:59:00 2018
32 Wed Oct 31 21:03:00 2018
23 Tue Oct 30 18:28:00 2018
31 Wed Oct 31 13:58:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
21 Tue Oct 30 18:27:00 2018


It did not work as I expected, but it's relatively easy to work small programs together



$ atq | cut -f 1
28
27
25
29
26
20
30
32
23
31
19
21


How could I retrieve the first field using awk?






bash awk







share|improve this question







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    You need single quotes around the awk commands.
    – ewatt
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up vote
1
down vote

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I am learning awk to advance my skills and tried



$ atq | awk "print $1" 
28 Wed Oct 31 10:23:00 2018
27 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
25 Tue Oct 30 21:19:00 2018
29 Wed Oct 31 10:42:00 2018
26 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
20 Tue Oct 30 18:25:00 2018
30 Wed Oct 31 10:59:00 2018
32 Wed Oct 31 21:03:00 2018
23 Tue Oct 30 18:28:00 2018
31 Wed Oct 31 13:58:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
21 Tue Oct 30 18:27:00 2018


It did not work as I expected, but it's relatively easy to work small programs together



$ atq | cut -f 1
28
27
25
29
26
20
30
32
23
31
19
21


How could I retrieve the first field using awk?






bash awk







share|improve this question







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I am learning awk to advance my skills and tried



$ atq | awk "print $1" 
28 Wed Oct 31 10:23:00 2018
27 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
25 Tue Oct 30 21:19:00 2018
29 Wed Oct 31 10:42:00 2018
26 Tue Oct 30 21:20:00 2018
20 Tue Oct 30 18:25:00 2018
30 Wed Oct 31 10:59:00 2018
32 Wed Oct 31 21:03:00 2018
23 Tue Oct 30 18:28:00 2018
31 Wed Oct 31 13:58:00 2018
19 Tue Oct 30 15:43:00 2018
21 Tue Oct 30 18:27:00 2018


It did not work as I expected, but it's relatively easy to work small programs together



$ atq | cut -f 1
28
27
25
29
26
20
30
32
23
31
19
21


How could I retrieve the first field using awk?






bash awk




bash awk






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    You need single quotes around the awk commands.
    – ewatt
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    You need single quotes around the awk commands.
    – ewatt
    40 mins ago







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You need single quotes around the awk commands.
– ewatt
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You need single quotes around the awk commands.
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Try the below,



atq | awk 'print $1'


The single quotes stops the shell from expanding $1 to the shell's first positional parameter.






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Try the below,



atq | awk 'print $1'


The single quotes stops the shell from expanding $1 to the shell's first positional parameter.






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Try the below,



atq | awk 'print $1'


The single quotes stops the shell from expanding $1 to the shell's first positional parameter.






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Try the below,



atq | awk 'print $1'


The single quotes stops the shell from expanding $1 to the shell's first positional parameter.






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Try the below,



atq | awk 'print $1'


The single quotes stops the shell from expanding $1 to the shell's first positional parameter.







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