10-02-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by
elixir_sinari
Why the constraint of not using the END pattern?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
lucasvs
It is part of a bigger script with several redirections, just to keep it simple
Since you are asking for help with basic AWK tasks, you may not be competent to judge which approach is the simpler one. You may think that avoiding END is simpler, for whatever reason, when it may not be. This isn't the first thread in which you've recently requested an AWK solution that avoids END, and in each case the constraint complicates the code. This is an odd way to "keep it simple."
Perhaps if you shared the entire script we could confirm that your solution is actually the simplest, if not simplify it further.
In case it's relevant and you are not aware, an awk script can contain multiple END patterns, not just one. So if you are composing a solution from multiple source files, that's not a problem. END patterns will be executed in the order in which they appear.
Regards,
Alister
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