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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Passing Global Shell variables to awk Post 302847187 by Corona688 on Monday 26th of August 2013 12:16:54 PM
Old 08-26-2013
If they didn't work with $ the first time, they won't work with $ the second, third, or fourth time. $ has a different meaning in awk anyway, it means column. Smilie

awk doesn't substitute variables inside strings, they have to be outside. You can concatenate strings and variables just by listing them in order though, so almost as easy.

Try this, with the variables outside double quotes:

Code:
"/dummy/history/history." PMONTH "." PFYEAR;


Last edited by Corona688; 08-26-2013 at 01:22 PM..
 

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CPANPLUS::Shell(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					CPANPLUS::Shell(3)

NAME
CPANPLUS::Shell - base class for CPANPLUS shells SYNOPSIS
use CPANPLUS::Shell; # load the shell indicated by your # config -- defaults to # CPANPLUS::Shell::Default use CPANPLUS::Shell qw[Classic] # load CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic; my $ui = CPANPLUS::Shell->new(); my $name = $ui->which; # Find out what shell you loaded $ui->shell; # run the ui shell DESCRIPTION
This module is the generic loading (and base class) for all "CPANPLUS" shells. Through this module you can load any installed "CPANPLUS" shell. Just about all the functionality is provided by the shell that you have loaded, and not by this class (which merely functions as a generic loading class), so please consult the documentation of your shell of choice. BUG REPORTS
Please report bugs or other issues to <bug-cpanplus@rt.cpan.org<gt>. AUTHOR
This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. COPYRIGHT
The CPAN++ interface (of which this module is a part of) is copyright (c) 2001 - 2007, Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO
CPANPLUS::Shell::Default, CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic, cpanp perl v5.16.3 2013-05-20 CPANPLUS::Shell(3)
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