> awk 'BEGIN{FS=OFS="|"}{print $1,$3}' c:/columns.txt
> awk: ^ invalid char ''' in expressionThe error message seems badly formatted. At which column is the "^" placed? Anyway, the following characters could cause problems in that expression: |, ", ' You should be able to solve the problem by properly escaping those characters somehow. I'd suspect the value of &shellxquote to be wrong. If you check :h sxq, you'll see that it should include " if &shell is some sort of sh derivate. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
