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If the fifth field starts with an upper case letter, return the value of the ninth field, otherwise return the value of the eight field.

i don't see why not - would not hurt to try it.


Tried

but its showing error
awk: There is an extra ) character.
The source line is 4.
The error context is
command=($5 ~ /^[A-Z]/)? >>> $9:$8) <<<
syntax error The source line is 4.
awk: The statement cannot be correctly parsed.
The source line is 4.
awk: There is a missing } character.
awk: There is an extra ) character.
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Tried

but its showing error
awk: There is an extra ) character.
The source line is 4.
The error context is
command=($5 ~ /^[A-Z]/)? >>> $9:$8) <<<
syntax error The source line is 4.
awk: The statement cannot be correctly parsed.
The source line is 4.
awk: There is a missing } character.
awk: There is an extra ) character.
then there must be an extra ')' from the copy/paste of the previous 'printf' posting. Tried to remove it?
What in the error message is not clear?
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