Awk Question

gingburg · #1 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009

say i am using a command:

awk '/EUMP2/ {print $6}' File1 >> File2

which should append to file2, correct.

How do I get it to append but first add a space.

Thank you

quirkasaurus · #2 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009

Code:

awk '/EUMP2/ {print " ", $6}' File1 >> File2

quirkasaurus · #3 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009

or....

Code:

echo " " >> File2
awk '/EUMP2/ {print $6}' File1 >> File2

quirkasaurus · #4 (**permalink**) 02-25-2009

or:

Code:

awk 'BEGIN{
  printf( " " );
  }
/EUMP2/ {print $6}' File1 >> File2

... depending upon what you really meant. . .. or wanted to do....

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