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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Trying to learn to use functions in gawk and not getting expected output. Post 302842889 by DeCoTwc on Sunday 11th of August 2013 04:15:12 AM
Old 08-11-2013
Oh...son of a...seriously?

So how come I need this extra set of brackets now, but I don't need it when I forgo the function and just print the info I need? I'm trying to walk through this step by step based on what I understand of awk script structure, but it's just not adding up for me.
 

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PTDUMP(1)						      General Commands Manual							 PTDUMP(1)

NAME
ptdump - Let's you dig into the contents of a PyTables file. SYNOPSIS
ptdump [-dvacih] [-R start,stop,step] file[:nodepath] DESCRIPTION
Allows you look into the contents of your PyTables files. It lets you see not only the data but also the metadata (that is, the structure and additional information in the form of attributes). OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below. -d Dump data information on leaves. -v Dump more metainformation on nodes. -a Show attributes in nodes (only useful when -v or -d are active). -c Show info of columns in tables (only useful when -v or -d are active). -i Show info of indexed column (only useful when -v or -d are active). -R start,stop,step Select a range of rows in the form "start,stop,step" for all leaves. -h Print help on usage. SEE ALSO
ptrepack(1). These utilities are documented fully by PyTables user's manual. AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Francesc Altet <faltet@carabos.com>. July 7, 2007 PTDUMP(1)
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