From: w_a_x_man Date: 2009-08-06T20:00:12+09:00 Subject: Re: Trimming some string using ruby On Aug 6, 1:31 am, Shekar Ls wrote: > Hi guys, > I have the following information in a text file, which looks > like this: > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 12203 Aug 6 01:02 app1.sql > -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 12343 Aug 6 01:02 app2.sql > -rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 12238 Aug 6 01:02 app3.sql > > I need to Trim the unwanted strings and my output should look like this: > > app1.sql > app2.sql > app3.sql > > I am not good at string functions...let me know if anyone can help me > out!! > > cheers > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. awk "{print $NF}" my_file