I Am Stumped, Please Help - Page 2 - Shell Programming and Scripting

Franklin52 · #8 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008

Piping the output to sort?

timj123 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008

If I do that, the headers get moved around and don't "line-up" with the awk elements.

Franklin52 · #10 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008

O my, I only read the last 2 post and did'nt look at the desired output, I apologize.

timj123 · #11 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008

does anyone know how to use the system command in awk? Been trying to sort with the following:

Code:

END {
for ( i in x )
if ( i != "0-0" ) {
printf "%s",i | system("sort -nk 1") }

can't get it working so that I can sort these arrays

rubin · #12 (**permalink**) 05-19-2008

Use sort without the AWK system function:

Code:

...
printf "%s",i | "sort -nk 1" }

timj123 · #13 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008

Thanks ruben.

I am still having issues with sorting these arrays with awk. This is what I have now:

Code:

END {
for ( i in x )
if ( i != "0-0" ) {
printf "%s\n",i | "sort -nk 1 > /tmp/a.out 2>&1"}
while ( (getline < "/tmp/a.out") > 0 )
sort[$1]
for ( s in sort )
printf "%s\n",s }

I was hoping that awk printed out indices in the order received. When I check "/tmp/a.out" indices ARE in sorted order, but when I re-assign and loop thru them, they are not.

Any awkologist that can help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

era · #14 (**permalink**) 05-20-2008

for (s in sort) basically randomizes the order in which they are processed. So, as the doctor said, "don't do that then".

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