Setting Varible with AWK in KSH


 
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Old 07-11-2012
Setting Varible with AWK in KSH

I am trying to set a variable from this AWK command in KSH but I keep getting an error that says my variable cannot be found.

Code:
LOADNO = $(awk -F"|" 'NR==1{print $2}' file.txt)

If I just run awk -F"|" 'NR==1{print $2}' file.txt I get the right value but as soon as I try to assign this variable it does not work.

Any help would be appreciated!!!

Last edited by Scott; 07-11-2012 at 02:42 PM.. Reason: Code tags
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Old 07-11-2012
Perhaps it's the spaces around the =? There should be no spaces either side of that.
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