Add awk command bash script

Question

I want to remove the dot from the display with a awk command but don't know how ?

My code

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/jeremy
touch home_pers_taille.txt
date>>home_pers_taille.txt
du -sh>>home_pers_taille.txt

cat home_pers_taille.txt

the dispaly

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Some advice -- try not to cd from within your scripts ( cd /home/jeremy ) .. It can have unintended results based on the user executing etc .. Instead try to use absolute paths within forked commands .. ( touch /home/jeremy/home_pers_taille.txt ) OR store your directory in a variable and use it in your absolute path, if you find typing it out every time is cumbersome. ( touch $my_dir/home_pers_taille.txt ) — Zak
– Zak, Commented May 4, 2021 at 23:19

Ed Morton · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-04 23:34:22Z

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No need for awk, this is the kind of job cut exists to do:

$ du -sh
16K     .

$ du -sh | cut -f1
16K

answered May 4, 2021 at 23:34

Ed Morton

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