>I dont have my GAWK manual handy, but I think your problem may >be that you are using SPRINTF which is a print to string function >as in str = sprintf() rather than something like fprintf() or printf()
Not using gawk, using the original awk. Don't know if the original awk even supports fprintf() or printf(). >I would expect that the format overall would be > > INPUT_SOURCE | awk -f awk-script_file > outputfile > >and awk-script_file > would contain your awk code > including something like > > printf("\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", SiteVal, CustomerID); > > or the %c format illustrated below... > >The syntax error may not be the "'s, but your use of sprintf and the more >PERL Like >>> "filename" . These constructs may have been added in GAWK, but they were >not in >the original AWK as far as I can remember. The >> "filename" construct is definately in awk. I see that printf is in the awk man page. In any event, I got it figured out. MB -- e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /~\ The ASCII \ / Ribbon Campaign [So it's true, scythe matters. Willow 5/12/03] X Against Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ / \ HTML Email -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list