Re: [bug #22100] Enhancement request: "grep foo | grep bar" in one process (i.e. line-selector and pattern selector)

[Richard Neill]

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Richard Neill <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > For example, consider a data file:
> >
> >   apples: 12
> >   oranges: 15
> >   bananas: 20
> >
> > How many oranges do I have?
>
> awk '/oranges/ { print $2 }'
>
> Andreas.

Dear Andreas,

Thanks for your email. Sadly, my contrived example is oversimplified, 
such that the sub-section is in the nth field, where n is known in 
advance - but that isn't necessarily true.

Regards,

Richard