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# 1  
Old 07-20-2009
Error Newbie AWK Question
$ awk -f awk1.awk

Where awk1.awk reads:

BEGIN {
printf ("Name = Smith, Richard" > "awk1" \n)
printf ("Name = Johnson, Waylan" > "awk1" \n)
printf ("Name = Brown, Pat" > "awk1" \n)
}

If I get rid of "\n", awk1 file gets created but all the names appear on one line. If I keep the "\n" I get an error saying syntex error

How can I create the file so that all the names appear on separate lines.

Thanks in advance ....

# 2  
Old 07-20-2009
You need to put the newline in the string you want to print or on a separate line.
This code
Code:
printf ("Name = Smith, Richard" > "awk1" \n)
printf ("Name = Johnson, Waylan" > "awk1" \n)
printf ("Name = Brown, Pat" > "awk1" \n)

Should Be
Code:
printf ("Name = Smith, Richard\n" > "awk1" )
printf ("Name = Johnson, Waylan\n" > "awk1" )
printf ("Name = Brown, Pat\n" > "awk1")

or
Code:
printf ("Name = Smith, Richard" > "awk1" )
printf ("\n")
printf ("Name = Johnson, Waylan" > "awk1" )
printf ("\n")
printf ("Name = Brown, Pat" > "awk1" )
printf ("\n")

# 3  
Old 07-20-2009
On the RH server I happen to be logged into, the parenthesis don't work. I have this:

Code:
$ cat test.awk
BEGIN {
printf "Name = Smith, Richard\n" > "awk1"
printf "Name = Johnson, Waylan\n" > "awk1"
printf "Name = Brown, Pat\n" > "awk1"
}

which, when run as 'awk -f test.awk' results in this:

Code:
$ cat awk1
Name = Smith, Richard
Name = Johnson, Waylan
Name = Brown, Pat

# 4  
Old 07-20-2009
Thanks, ALL -

The parenthesis didn't work for me either.

The problem is solved when I got rid of the parenthesis.

Thanks again ...
Last edited by ora_umair; 07-20-2009 at 07:24 PM..
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