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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Unable to echo single quotes inside awk Post 302742147 by proactiveaditya on Monday 10th of December 2012 03:41:22 PM
Old 12-10-2012
Unable to echo single quotes inside awk

Code:
[root@gofu ~]# echo 'export HISTFILE=/var/log/history/history_$(uname -n)_$(date +%Y:%b:%d:%H:%M)_$(who am i | awk '{print \$1}')' >> new_file
[root@gofu ~]#
[root@gofu ~]# cat new_file
export HISTFILE=/var/log/history/history_$(uname -n)_$(date +%Y:%b:%d:%H:%M)_$(who am i | awk {print $1})
[root@ofu ~]#

Now how to echo the quotes around the 2nd bracket. in awk. - '{print $1}'

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 12-10-2012 at 04:45 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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UNAME(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  UNAME(1)

NAME
uname -- Print operating system name SYNOPSIS
uname [-amnprsv] DESCRIPTION
The uname utility writes symbols representing one or more system characteristics to the standard output. The following options are available: -a Behave as though all of the options -mnrsv were specified. -m print the machine hardware name. -n print the nodename (the nodename may be a name that the system is known by to a communications network). -p print the machine processor architecture name. -r print the operating system release. -s print the operating system name. -v print the operating system version. If no options are specified, uname prints the operating system name as if the -s option had been specified. SEE ALSO
hostname(1), machine(1), sw_vers(1), uname(3) STANDARDS
The uname utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2''). The -p option is an extension to the standard. BSD
November 9, 1998 BSD
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