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user3086014
user3086014

Reputation: 4511

How to get the data in a single line in a shell script

I am using the Amazon Cli tools to write an ec2 audit script.I want to fetch the tags like name, owner, cost centre from the ec2-describe-instances.

I am using this command :

ec2-describe-instances | grep -i "tag" | grep -i -e "name" -e "owner" -e "cost.centre"

please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 211

Answers (1)

jaypal singh
jaypal singh

Reputation: 77135

You can pipe your existing command to awk for formatting ...

ec2-describe-instances | grep -i "tag" | grep -i -e "name" -e "owner" -e "cost.centre" | awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="\t"}{a[$1 FS $2 FS $3]=a[$1 FS $2 FS $3]?a[$1FS$2FS$3] FS $4 FS $5:$4 FS $5}END{for(x in a) print x, a[x]}'

Upvotes: 1

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