storing output of awk in variable - Shell Programming and Scripting

mab_arif16 · #1 05-07-2006

HI
I am trying to store the output of this awk command
awk -F, {(if NR==2) print $1} test.sr
in a variable when I am trying v= awk -F, {(if NR==2) print $1} test.sr
$v = awk -F, {(if NR==2) print $1} test.sr
but its not working out .
Any suggestions
Thanks
Arif

jim mcnamara · #2 05-07-2006

Code:

v=$(awk -F, '{(if NR==2) print $1}' test.sr)

bdsffl · #3 05-07-2006

Here is a script in csh that works.

Notice the back ticks before awk and after the file name , your test file name.
It worked fine for me.

#!/bin/csh

set v=`awk -F, 'NR == 2 {print $1}' test.sr`
echo $v >> outputfile "this will append the value of v to a file"

mab_arif16 · #4 05-07-2006

Thanks everybody for your help ,I got it .
Thanks

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