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Old 12-16-2011
How to embed commands in awk search
Hello;

When I try:

Code:
awk '/$(date "+%y\/%m\/%d")/,0'

It errors with:

awk: There is a regular expression error.
Invalid pattern.

Is there anyway to make this work ??

Thank you
# 2  
Old 12-16-2011
Code:
awk "/$(date '+%y\/%m\/%d')/,0"

' ' prevents the shell from interpreting the date command
# 3  
Old 12-16-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Code:
awk "/$(date '+%y\/%m\/%d')/,0"

' ' prevents the shell from interpreting the date command

Thank you
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