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Old 03-03-2011
Awk print to file problem

Hello,

I have a file seperated with "|" I want to search the 11th field if it matches certain words change it to an empty space.

I have managed to do that, but now I need it to replace the file.

this is my code:

Code:
 
awk 'BEGIN{OFS=FS="|"}$11=="to follow"||$11=="tbc"||$11=="123456"{$11=" "}{print}' file

i tried doing a print > file, print >"file" and a print $* > "file" but I still get the output on the screen and the file is not updated. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Tasos
 
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