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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk built-in variable for input file Post 302494890 by Det7 on Tuesday 8th of February 2011 06:55:33 PM
Old 02-08-2011
awk built-in variable for input file

Hi guys,

Does awk have a built-in variable which I can use to display the input file it's currently reading?

I'm currently concatenating multiple files using awk and later on do some parsing. But for now, I want to add an extra column in the main output data file - basically putting in the file name it's currently reading.

E.g.

Input1.txt
brandon USA
sherley Russia

Input2.txt
Albert Alaska


Output.txt
brandon USA Input1.txt
sherley Russia Input1.txt
Albert Alaska Input2.txt

Thanks!
 

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