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# 1  
Old 04-20-2011
Question awk search if else
Hi,
I want to search for a particular string using awk and print "Found" or "Not Found" depending on the search.

On searching this forum i got this code but it is not working:
Quote:
$ awk '{print ~/Reference_Data/?"Found":"Not Found"}' file
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
# 2  
Old 04-20-2011
Something like this?
Code:
awk '/Reference_Data/{f=1;exit}END{print f?"Found":"Not Found"}' file

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rishav
# 3  
Old 04-20-2011
Can you try as..
Code:
 
awk '{print $0~/Reference_Data/?"Found":"Not Found"}' file
or
awk '{print /Reference_Data/?"Found":"Not Found"}' file # not sure if this would work

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rishav
# 4  
Old 04-20-2011
Code:
declare -i toggle=0
while read -r line
do
  case "$line" in
     *Reference_Data*) toggle=1;;
  esac
done < file
if [ $toggle -eq 0 ] ;then
   echo "Not found"
else
   echo "Found"
fi

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rishav
# 5  
Old 04-20-2011
thanks for replies, but i am still getting same error.

Quote:
$ awk '/Reference_Data/{f=1;exit}END{print f?"Found":"Not Found"}' tmpp
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
$ awk '{print $0~/Reference_Data/?"Found":"Not Found"}' tmpp
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1
$ awk '{print /Reference_Data/?"Found":"Not Found"}' tmpp
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: illegal statement near line 1

$ uname -a
SunOS svdw2d02 5.10 Generic_142900-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,Netra-T12
# 6  
Old 04-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by rishav
thanks for replies, but i am still getting same error.
Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
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rishav
# 7  
Old 04-20-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
Use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk on Solaris.
Thanks.. now working fine..
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