10-30-2013
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Originally Posted by
ivpz
I'm trying to reverse every even line in my file using the awk command below but it prints only the odd lines but nothing else:
$ awk '(NR % 2) {print}; !(NR % 2) {print | "rev";}' myfile
Any idea what I might have done wrong?
Thank you.
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NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
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shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
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ssh preserving args
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