awk print lines when match is found with specific field

Charles-Alexandre Roy answered on September 10, 2020 Popularity 3/10 Helpfulness 8/10

answer awk print lines when match is found with specific field

awk print lines when match is found with specific field

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# Basic awk syntax:
awk 'condition { print $0 }' input_file

# Example usage:
awk '$2 == "string_to_match" { print $0 }' input_file
# Where:
#	- this prints the entire line ($0) when field 2 ($2) is equal to the
# 		string "string_to_match"

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