Print awk results on a new line

Question

Is there an option I can use in this command to return each result on a new line instead of just separated by a space?

echo $(ps ax | awk '/usr/ {print $5}')

Drop the pointless `echo $()` part of that which is eating your newlines. Just use `ps ax | awk '/usr/ {print $5}'`. — Etan Reisner, Feb 13 '15 at 21:45
OP, why did you use `echo $(...)` in the first place? what did you think you were achieving with this `echo`? — gniourf_gniourf, Feb 13 '15 at 21:46

repzero · Answer 1 · 2015-02-13T22:54:10.153

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awk 'BEGIN{while("ps ax"|getline){if($5~/^\/usr\//){print $5}}}'

alternative approach

 ps -ax|awk '{if($5~/^\/usr\//){print $5}}'

edited Feb 13 '15 at 22:54

answered Feb 13 '15 at 22:10

repzero

Why do you use `echo "$(...)"` instead of `...` (thus `ps -ax` before the pipe. – Willem Van Onsem Feb 13 '15 at 22:43
@ CommuSoft thank you for bringing this to my attention..i was trying to work on my speed...answer edited – repzero Feb 13 '15 at 22:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '15 at 22:14

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The proper way to do it is simply:

ps ax | awk '/usr/ {print $5}'

If you want to keep your original form with echo (but I think it's pointless), then you'd have to quote the subshell result:

echo "$(ps ax | awk '/usr/ {print $5}')"

answered Feb 13 '15 at 22:14

Paul

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