On Jul 2, 2022, at 9:26 PM, David Brostoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Jun 29, 2022, at 8:49 PM, Christopher Waterman <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> It breaks down like this:
>> 
>> awk = The command; it takes two parameters. Param 1: The script. Param 2: A 
>> Path to the source file.
> 
> Again sorry for the beginner question, but what format should I use for the 
> path if, for example, the file is on my Desktop?

Type the command line and rather than type the input file name just drag the 
file to the command line. Finder/Terminal will write the file's full path on 
the command line.

By default Terminal's current directory is your home directory, abbreviated ~ 
so that is where awk will write the output.

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