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# 8  
Old 10-14-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
awk doesn't use -gt.

Code:
awk 'NR==1 { print } NR>1 { if($2 > $3) printf("<font color="red">%s</font>\n", $0); else print; }' < infile

Error:
Syntax Error The source line is 1.
The error context is
NR==1 { print } NR>1 { if($2 >>> [ <<<
awk: 0602-502 The statement cannot be correctly parsed. The source line is 1.
awk: 0602-502 The statement cannot be correctly parsed. The source line is 1.
awk: 0602-541 There are 2 missing ] characters.


But worked by replacing just -gt with >

Thanks!
# 9  
Old 10-14-2011
That was a typo I made in highlighting the change to red. You saw it during the 13 seconds before I fixed it Smilie

Glad it works.
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