AWK help. how to compare a variable with a data array in AWK?


 
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# 8  
Old 04-17-2010
Is there a typo in line? It is complaining about usage in paste

# eport.pl < $4 | dos2ux | head -2000 | paste -sd\| | awk -v S="$1" '
# 9  
Old 04-17-2010
Yes, sorry.

should be
Code:
paste -sd \| -

# 10  
Old 04-19-2010
now i am getting an error saying paste: : can not open the file.

---------- Post updated at 09:14 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:06 AM ----------

ok your code is good. so that line now looks like this,
# eport.pl < $4 | dos2ux | head -2000 | paste -sd\| - | awk -v S="$1" '


Issue is, i get a message saying "awk:input line | found /file/path cannot be longer than 3000 bytes."
"source line number is 3"

Can you help me with this please?
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