From: w_a_x_man Date: 2009-08-06T20:05:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Trimming some string using ruby On Aug 6, 5:58 am, w_a_x_man wrote: > 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 ruby -lane "puts $F[-1]" my_file