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Old 07-26-2012
echoing complex awk command into file fails
Using hp-ux's shell, I'm trying to echo a complex awk command into a script file for later use. But it fails on a newline character and splits the rest of the command onto the next line.

Code:
echo '    printf("%s: TOTAL = %18.0lf\n", FILENAME, TOTAL) >> "TOTAL.TXT";'       >>awk.script

Looks like this in awk.script:

printf("%s: TOTAL = %18.0lf
", FILENAME, TOTAL) >> "TOTAL.TXT";

But it's missing the \n and should be all on one line.

Thanks for your help.
Last edited by Scottie1954; 07-26-2012 at 07:26 PM.. Reason: clarification
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Old 07-26-2012
what shell are you using?
works fine on bash on Linux.

Try using '\\n' instead of '\n'
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Old 07-26-2012
usr/bin/sh on hp-ux.

The '\\n' worked. Thanks for the answer.
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Old 07-26-2012
printf '%s\n' 'complex-awk-here' would work fine without having to modify the source code.

Regards,
Alister
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