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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [awk] print from field n to field x Post 302356174 by daPeach on Thursday 24th of September 2009 07:08:21 PM
Old 09-24-2009
Hi vgersh99,

I'm sorry, although all seem to have to work, it doesn't.
If I let it as it is, I get:
Code:
awk '{for (i=1; i <= 4; i++) printf("%s%c" $i, (i==4)?ORS:OFS)}' awkTest.dat
awk: (FILENAME=awkTest.dat FNR=1) fatal: not enough arguments to satisfy format string
    `%s%ca'
       ^ ran out for this one

If I only use 'string' or 'ascii', here's what I get, for example, with %c (it's the same with %s):
Code:
awk '{for (i=1; i <= 4; i++) printf("%c" $i, (i==4)?ORS:OFS)}' awkTest.dat
 a b c
d a b c
d

fyi
Code:
awk --version
GNU Awk 3.1.5
Copyright © 1998, 1991-2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Last edited by daPeach; 09-24-2009 at 08:16 PM..
 

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