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# 1  
Old 07-21-2012
Question AWK Variable instead inputfile
Hi ,

can I use var1 instead of inputfile (index.html) in AWK?

Code:
var1='<script>text1 asd asd asd</script> 
text2 asd, asd
text3 asd asd asd asd 
text4 asdasdasd asd asd'

awk  '/<script /{p=1} /<\/script>/{p=0; next}!p' index.html

Thank you!
# 2  
Old 07-22-2012
Yes you could. All you have to change here is like below.

Code:
 echo var1 | awk  '/<script /{p=1} /<\/script>/{p=0; next}!p'

Cheers! Smilie
# 3  
Old 07-22-2012
I don't think this will work. What are you trying to achieve? What is your desired input and output?
# 4  
Old 07-22-2012
You could do that:
Code:
echo "$var1"|awk  '/<script /{p=1} /<\/script>/{p=0; next}!p'

# 5  
Old 07-22-2012
Ahhh.. C'mon I missed that $ again!! Smilie Smilie
# 6  
Old 07-22-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by PikK45
Ahhh.. C'mon I missed that $ again!! Smilie Smilie
You missed the dollar sign and the double-quotes Smilie. The quotes are important to preserve the new-lines.
# 7  
Old 07-22-2012
Also it should probably be
Code:
awk  '/<script>/{p=1} /<\/script>/{p=0; next}!p'

or
Code:
awk  '/<script>/{p=1}!p; /<\/script>/{p=0}'

But we will only know for sure if we know the intended output..
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