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Old 01-26-2011
reading files using awk
Hi ,

I have a awk script to read a file using getline, but when its not able to recognize the path of the file. I am working on solaris unix.

Code:
nawk -F'|' '
BEGIN{
 FILE1="/input_files/temp.txt"
}


I have to place my script in the same folder i.e /input_files/ for my script to work.

Code:
nawk -F'|' '
BEGIN{
 FILE1="temp.txt"
 }

Can you please tell me , wht I am doing wrong here.

Thanks in advance
Rashmi.
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# 2  
Old 01-26-2011
  1. why do you need to use 'getline'?
  2. why do you need to hard-wire the pathname to a file?
  3. please post a complete script and the description of what you're after
  4. please post sample input file(s) and the desired output (using code tags).
# 3  
Old 01-26-2011
Hi Rashmi,

you are using -F.

please remove that -F and keep that filename at the end includin path..
it will print the file..

regards
rajesh
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