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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Print date at END clause of AWK Post 302369053 by fmeriles on Friday 6th of November 2009 10:09:46 AM
Old 11-06-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by radoulov
You can use something like this:

Code:
awk <<< 1  'BEGIN {
  printf "start: "; system("date")
  }
system("sleep 3")
END {
  printf "end: "; system("date") 
  }'


Code:
zsh-4.3.10[sysadmin]% awk <<< 1  'BEGIN {
  printf "start: "; system("date")
  }
system("sleep 3")
END {
  printf "end: "; system("date")
  }'  
start: Fri Nov  6 15:38:53     2009
end: Fri Nov  6 15:38:56     2009

---------- Post updated at 03:47 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:31 PM ----------

Actually, you just need to close the external command:

Code:
awk <<< 1  'BEGIN {
  "date" | getline dt
  close("date")
  print "start:", dt
  }
system("sleep 3")
END {
  "date" | getline dt
  close("date")
  print "end:", dt 
  }'


Like this:

Code:
zsh-4.3.10[sysadmin]% awk <<< 1  'BEGIN {
  "date" | getline dt
  close("date")
  print "start:", dt
  }
system("sleep 3")
END {
  "date" | getline dt
  close("date")
  print "end:", dt
  }' 
start: Fri Nov  6 15:47:23     2009
end: Fri Nov  6 15:47:27     2009


It works! Thank you very much dude!
 

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arithmetic

ARITHMETIC(6)							 BSD Games Manual						     ARITHMETIC(6)

NAME

     arithmetic -- quiz on simple arithmetic

SYNOPSIS

     arithmetic [-o +-x/] [-r range]

DESCRIPTION

     arithmetic asks you to solve problems in simple arithmetic.  Each question must be answered correctly before going on to the next.  After
     every 20 problems, it prints the score so far and the time taken.	You can quit at any time by typing the interrupt or end-of-file character.

     The options are as follows:

     -o      By default, arithmetic asks questions on addition of numbers from 0 to 10, and corresponding subtraction.	By supplying one or more
	     of the characters +-x/, you can ask for problems in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, respectively.  If you give
	     one of these characters more than once, that kind of problem will be asked correspondingly more often.

     -r      If a range is supplied, arithmetic selects the numbers in its problems in the following way.  For addition and multiplication, the
	     numbers to be added or multiplied are between 0 and range, inclusive.  For subtraction and division, both the required result and the
	     number to divide by or subtract will be between 0 and range.  (Of course, arithmetic will not ask you to divide by 0.)  The default
	     is 10.

     When you get a problem wrong, arithmetic will remember the numbers involved, and will tend to select those numbers more often than others, in
     problems of the same sort.  Eventually it will forgive and forget.

     arithmetic cannot be persuaded to tell you the right answer.  You must work it out for yourself.

DIAGNOSTICS

     ``What?'' if you get a question wrong.  ``Right!'' if you get it right.  ``Please type a number.'' if arithmetic doesn't understand what you
     typed.

SEE ALSO

     bc(1), dc(1)

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