Problems with syntax in a loop (AWK)


 
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Old 03-19-2009
Problems with syntax in a loop (AWK)

Hi guys,

I'm trying to loop through a number of files that is set by whatever is in a field.

eg.

Quote:
FILELIST="file1.txt|file2.txt|file3.txt"

FILESFOUND=`echo $FILELIST | awk -F\| '{ print NF }'`

echo "Files to process = $FILESFOUND"

for i in {1..$FILESFOUND}
do
echo $FILELIST | awk -F\| {'print $i'}
done
The idea is to split FILELIST down into fields, it could contain 1 - 999 fields and it's bar delimited.

I thought simple, count the number of fields in the field and then loop through each and output them, but no, awk kicks out an error

awk: 0602-562 Field $() is not correct.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
PJ
# 2  
Old 03-19-2009
Never mind, I think I've found a very simple solution.

Quote:
FILELIST="file1.txt|file2.txt|file3.txt"

FILESFOUND=`echo $FILELIST | awk -F\| '{ print NF }'`

echo "Files to process = $FILESFOUND"

for i in `echo $FILELIST|tr '|' '\n'`
do
echo $i
done
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