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Thank you MadeInGermany! Your modification to the direct command works perfectly!

SOLVED!

storing in the variable makes the echo command, which is used to debug. currently, the command does not work. for some reason, it does not keep all variables, and the NF, even when using escapes. ...

Thank you Yoda, you truly are a Jedi Master! the escapes seem to help some, but I am still "so close, yet so far away". I am posting my code here, I have documented where the issue is, and it is...

The issue is not the variables. $NF is not there. I am debugging by using echo to see the generated command. It comes out like this:

awk 'NR==1{ = TEXT}1' myfile

I am scripting a process where usernames are added to the end of a specific line in a file.

using this:

awk 'NR==1{$NF=$NF" TEXT"}1' myfileworks, and then I would use > tempfile && mv tempfile...