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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk a string Post 302327599 by ./hari.sh on Monday 22nd of June 2009 08:08:54 AM
Old 06-22-2009
awk a string

Hi
Code:
#!/usr/bin/bash
ITEM=apple
cat file1.tsv | awk -F "\t" '($3 == $ITEM) {print $2}'

awk: illegal field $(), name "ITEM"
 input record number 1, file
 source line number 1

Here is file1.tsv
Code:
type category_id item code remarks
fruits 1 apple 345 567
fruits 3 banana 44 555

Smilie
 

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menu_item_opts(3CURSES) 				     Curses Library Functions					   menu_item_opts(3CURSES)

NAME
menu_item_opts, set_item_opts, item_opts_on, item_opts_off, item_opts - menus item option routines SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmenu -lcurses [ library... ] #include <menu.h> int set_item_opts(ITEM *item, OPTIONS opts); int item_opts_on(ITEM *item, OPTIONS opts); int item_opts_off(ITEM *item, OPTIONS opts); OPTIONS item_opts(ITEM *item); DESCRIPTION
set_item_opts() turns on the named options for item and turns off all other options. Options are boolean values that can be OR-ed together. item_opts_on() turns on the named options for item; no other option is changed. item_opts_off() turns off the named options for item; no other option is changed. item_opts() returns the current options of item. O_SELECTABLE The item can be selected during menu processing. RETURN VALUES
Except for item_opts(), these routines return one of the following: E_OK The routine returned successfully. E_SYSTEM_ERROR System error. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Unsafe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5) NOTES
The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>. SunOS 5.11 31 Dec 1996 menu_item_opts(3CURSES)
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