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user2517676
user2517676

Reputation: 989

Find the first line having a variable value bigger than a specific number

I have a very huge text file and I want to know how can I find the first line in which the value of a variable is bigger than 1000?

assuming that the variable and its value have only one space in between like this:

abcd 24

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2339

Answers (1)

Chris Seymour
Chris Seymour

Reputation: 85785

Find the first occurrence of abcd greater than 1000 and print the line number and matching line and quit:

$ awk '$1=="abcd" && $2>1000{print NR, $0; exit}' file

To find any variable greater than 1000 just drop the first condition:

$ awk '$2>1000{print NR, $0; exit}' file

Upvotes: 3

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