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Old 03-11-2011
awk - double quotes as record separator
How do I use double quotes as a record seperator in awk?
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Old 03-11-2011
use like below
Code:
gawk -F\"\" {print $1, $2} file

Last edited by Franklin52; 03-11-2011 at 04:56 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
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Old 03-11-2011
Code:
echo "\"a\"b\"" |awk -v FS=\" '{print $2}'
a

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Old 03-11-2011
you can try this...

Code:
awk '{FS="\""; print $9,$5}' file_name

Last edited by Franklin52; 03-11-2011 at 04:56 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
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Old 03-11-2011
TRY
Code:
awk '{ORS = "\""}{print}' File_Name

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