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Splendid &nbsp;trappa01! &nbsp;The explanation is much more valuable than the answer! &nbsp;I have never used awk per se, but have seen it used many times by my resident engineer/Linux guru I usually push this stuff to. &nbsp;I'll review better the options now that i know better the possibilities.
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Splendid  trappa01!  The explanation is much more valuable than the answer!  I have never used awk per se, but have seen it used many times by my resident engineer/Linux guru I usually push this stuff to.  I'll review better the options now that i know better the possibilities.

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This is child-like I am sure, as all things are once you know the answer. &nbsp;I have never needed to do much on the command line besides the usual. &nbsp;I am curious if there is a way to do this simple task without writing an actual script...<br />
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I do this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28270860-1">grep 'BOOTPROTO' /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0</code></pre>
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I get this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28270860-2">BOOTPROTO='static'</code></pre>
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I need this:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28270860-3">static</code></pre>
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I thought awk would be easy, but the lack of spaces in the result shut that idea down. &nbsp;I have no idea how to trim this out via command line. &nbsp;Maybe there is a command to return only that between the single quotes or some such. &nbsp;Maybe a regular expression? &nbsp;Not my area. &nbsp;Hoping this can be my 'one new thing' for today...<br />
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This is child-like I am sure, as all things are once you know the answer.  I have never needed to do much on the command line besides the usual.  I am curious if there is a way to do this simple task without writing an actual script...

I do this:

(CODE)

I get this:

(CODE)

I need this:

(CODE)

I thought awk would be easy, but the lack of spaces in the result shut that idea down.  I have no idea how to trim this out via command line.  Maybe there is a command to return only that between the single quotes or some such.  Maybe a regular expression?  Not my area.  Hoping this can be my 'one new thing' for today...

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