Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator

[Robert Huff]

Josh Carroll writes:

>  > What is the canonical way to get (FreeBSD default) awk to use a
>  > single double-quote as the field separator?  I have tried variations
>  > on -F\\\" and -F"\"" and the best I can get is:
>  
>  awk -F'"'
>  
>  That's a single quote, then a double quote, then another single
>  quote. Or:

That's the ticket.
Thanks, everyone.


Robert Huff
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Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2007-11-15 13:24, Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the canonical way to get (FreeBSD default) awk to use a
> single double-quote as the field separator?  I have tried variations
> on -F\\\" and -F"\"" and the best I can get is:
>
> + awk -F" {print $2}
> ./script.sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected

Any of the following should work:

awk -F\" ...
awk -F"\"" ...
awk -F'"' ...

I see that this is part of a script (the '+' character at the start of
the line).  Can you show us the *exact* contents of the script at the
point where awk(1) is called?

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semi-OT: awk - field separator

[Robert Huff]

What is the canonical way to get (FreeBSD default) awk to use a
single double-quote as the field separator?  I have tried variations
on -F\\\" and -F"\"" and the best I can get is:

+ awk -F" {print $2}
./script.sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected

Respectfully,


Robert Huff
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Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator

[Josh Carroll]

> What is the canonical way to get (FreeBSD default) awk to use a
> single double-quote as the field separator?  I have tried variations
> on -F\\\" and -F"\"" and the best I can get is:
>
> + awk -F" {print $2}
> ./script.sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected

awk -F'"'

That's a single quote, then a double quote, then another single quote. Or:

awk -F\"

should also work.

Regards,
Josh
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