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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting [solved] awk: return code from system() always 0 ?? Post 302831589 by zaxxon on Thursday 11th of July 2013 09:09:24 AM
Old 07-11-2013
To simplify my blathering it comes down to this:

Works:
Code:
$ echo "test1; test2"

Does not work:
Code:
$ awk 'END{system("echo test1; test2")}' bla
test1
sh: test2: command not found

Any ideas? As said, escaping and trying single quotes etc. didn't help so far.

Update:
Sorry guys, maybe I am not able to see the wood for the trees at the moment ...
Escaping worked for this case easily:
Code:
$ awk 'END{system("echo \"test1; test2\"")}' bla
test1; test2

I am currently trying to figure that out in a garbled sprintf() with lots of these. I think I am done more or less. Thanks all for trying to help. As often, the problems sits in front of the computer Smilie
I have to enclose every semicolon like a=aaa"\;\"b=bbb to make it work.

Last edited by zaxxon; 07-11-2013 at 10:40 AM..
 

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NAME
wdmd - watchdog multiplexing daemon SYNOPSIS
wdmd [OPTIONS] DESCRIPTION
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