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Old 04-20-2010
AWK syntax help

i have a ksh code that needs to be written in AWK. can someone please help me here? Smilie

Code:
 
if [ $(print - "${ignore[@]}" | grep -c "$2") -gt 0 ] ; then 
print - "found $2 in array ignore[]" 
else 
print - "did not find $2 in array ignore[]" 
fi



ignore[0]=4ty56r
ignore[1]=er45ty
.
.
.
ignore[n]=frhtg2


n is a variable.

Last edited by usustarr; 04-20-2010 at 02:33 PM..
# 2  
Old 04-20-2010
Better if you post the array content/input data.
# 3  
Old 04-20-2010
ignore[0]=4ty56r
ignore[1]=er45ty
.
.
.
ignore[n]=frhtg2


n is a variable.
# 4  
Old 04-20-2010
Code:
print - "${ignore[@]}" | awk -v searchStr="$2" ' searchStr { print "found $2 in array ignore[]";flag=1; exit }
END { if ( flag != 1 ) { print "did not find $2 in array ignore[]" } } '

# 5  
Old 04-20-2010
did you happen to test this code? it is complaining about `(' unexpected in 2nd line.
# 6  
Old 04-20-2010
Its working for me.

Can you show the trace of your run?
# 7  
Old 04-20-2010
what do you mean by trace? This is what i see in the command prompt.

flipper> roboSheriff.ksh
../sbin/roboSheriff.ksh[29]: syntax error at line 98 : `(' unexpected



Code:
51    endMarker="NSC Termination Event Details:"
    52
    53    if [ ! -f $4 ] ; then
    54      echo "No $4 file found.  Perhaps testMgr is still running?"
    55
    56    else
    57
    58      # Subtract out a little from the start time.  Otherwise we miss
    59      # crashes because of the controller clocks being off by a few seconds.
    60      #dateFilter $4 $(( $2 - 10 )) $3 > $con
    61
    62      # BGL -- analyze all of the consoles.  Autotest does the trimming now.
    63
    64      termReport.pl < $4 | dos2ux |  head -2000 | awk '
    65      BEGIN { foundTermEvent=0;
    66              endMarker="'"${endMarker}"'"; }
    67
    68      {
    69        if ( (substr($0, 1, length(endMarker)) == endMarker) ||
    70             (substr($0, 1, 39) == "'${SBINDIR}'/termReport.pl: ") )
    71        {
    72          if (foundTermEvent == 1)
    73          {
    74            print "";
    75            foundTermEvent=0;
    76          }
    77        }
    78        ##############################################################################
    79         if (foundTermEvent == 1)
    80         {
    81                  # if ( $(print - "${ignore[@]}" | grep -c "$2") -gt 0 ) ; then
    82                  # print - " FOUND $2 IN ARRAY IGNORE[] "
    83           #       { print $1 }
    84           #       { print $2 }
    85           #        foundTermEvent = 0;
    86           #       print " Z= " z
    87           #       print " ignore[$z] = " ignore[z]
    88           #       print " ignore[$z] = " ignore[z]
    89
    90                  # else
    91                   #print;
    92                  # print - " DID NOT FIND $2 IN ARRAY ignore[ ] "
    93                   #{ print $2 }
    94                   #print " ########################## "
    95                  # fi
    96
    97                  print - "${ ignore[@] }" | awk -v searchStr="$2" ' searchStr { print "found $2 in array ignore[]";flag=1; exit }
    98                  END { if (flag != 1) { print "did not find $2 in array ignore[]" } } '
    99
   100         }
   101  ####################################################################
   102        if (substr($0, 1, 18) == "Termination Event:")
   103        {
   104          foundTermEvent=1;
   105        }
   106      }'
   107  
   108    fi
   109  }
   110  
   111  
   112  function analyzeFailure

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