How to print backslash in shell script using awk?

wxuyec · #1 01-30-2013

I found that

Code:

echo "aaa" | awk '{print ",\\";}'

Yoda · #2 01-30-2013

Code:

ddd=$( echo "aaa" | awk '{print ",\\";}' )
echo $ddd

wxuyec · #3 01-30-2013

it works, Thank you.

Jotne · #4 01-30-2013

You can use BEGIN to make awk work without no input

Code:

ddd=$(awk 'BEGIN {print ",\\";}' )

RudiC · #5 01-30-2013

Code:

$ ddd=",\\"; echo $ddd
,\

Scrutinizer · #6 01-30-2013

Code:

ddd=,\\

Yoda · #7 01-30-2013

OP never gave a complete picture of what he was trying to achieve. Thread title is just: "How to print backslash in shell script using awk?"

So I'm not sure if it was UUOQ & UUOA

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