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Top Forums Programming take input from a variable as pattern to awk Post 302581432 by anandrec on Tuesday 13th of December 2011 07:12:04 AM
Old 12-13-2011
hey Pfylnn,

if i reeive backslash it gives me this error:

awk: /Tue
awk: ^ unterminated regexp
sh: line 1: /: is a directory

---------- Post updated at 07:12 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:08 AM ----------

Hey carloM,

Thanks for ur reply. But the code u suggest gives me this error:

awk: ./OSS20.pl ~ pat1
awk: ^ syntax error
 

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