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Old 10-28-2008
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why are you using * around $3 ?

The syntax is correct if you remove the * like
Code:
file_list=`ls $DATA_PATH | awk -F"_" 'NF==5 && $1=="'$vendor'" && $2=="'$source'" && $3=="'$object_list'" {print $0}'`