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Old 03-14-2008
bash:awk output into an array

Hi,

I have a file

1:apple orange:one
2:banana:two
3:cherry:3

When I do awk -F: ' { print $2 } ' file

apple orange
banana
cherry

Now, when i redirect awk output to the file it has issue with strings
#!/bin/bash
FILEA=file
A=(`awk -F: ' { print $2 } ' $FILEA `)

echo ${A[0]}
It gives the output
apple
banana
cherry

Somehow, I lost orange along the way.

Thanks

Last edited by zazzybob; 03-14-2008 at 09:19 AM.. Reason: Smilies disabled.
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Old 03-14-2008
Add the statement IFS="" before the A= statement
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Old 03-16-2008
thank you much
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