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Old 05-20-2009
Awk gsub error.

I want to replace comma with space and "*646#" with space.
I am using the following code:

Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file

I am getting following error:

Quote:
nawk: syntax error at source line 1
context is
{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," >>> ",$3);print} <<<
nawk: illegal statement at source line 1
missing }
missing )

Help is appreciated
# 2  
Old 05-20-2009
Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file
                                             ^

# 3  
Old 05-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by colemar
Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file
                                             ^

This doesnt work
Its same code what i pasted
# 4  
Old 05-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by zenith
This doesnt work
Its same code what i pasted
Look harder.
# 5  
Old 05-21-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by colemar
Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file
                                             ^

Quote:
Originally Posted by zenith
Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file

I also don't see any difference, try this:

Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub("*646#"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file

Regards
# 6  
Old 05-21-2009
Code:
nawk -F"|" '{gsub(","," ",$3); gsub(/\*646\#/"," ",$3);print}' OFS="|" file
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