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# 1  
Old 01-14-2013
How to redirect the output of awk to different variables?
Hi,

I search for a string "can be any" and print the fields $4,$6 in to variables.

Code:
$ cat input
<value ='can be any' string='many' version='123'/>
<value ='xyz' string='less' version='456'/>

$ cat tried_code
SRG=`awk -F\' '{ print $4 }' input`
VER=`awk -F\' '{ print $6 }' input`

It is possible to achieve the output by running the awk once ?
# 2  
Old 01-14-2013
Code:
awk -F"'" '/can be any/ { print $4, $6}' myFile

# 3  
Old 01-14-2013
If your shell supports the syntax below (process substitution):

Code:
bash-4.2$ _pattern='can be any'
bash-4.2$ read SRG VER < <( awk -F\' -v p="$_pattern" '$0 ~ p { print $4, $6 }' infile)  
bash-4.2$ printf 'SRG is %s, VER is %s\n' "$SRG" "$VER"
SRG is many, VER is 123
bash-4.2$

If the values contain special shell characters (white spaces for example),
you can use something like this:

Code:
bash-4.2$ cat infile
<value ='can be any' string='many many' version='123 456'/>
<value ='xyz' string='less' version='456'/>
bash-4.2$ _pattern='can be any'
bash-4.2$ IFS=, read SRG VER < <( awk -F\' -v p="$_pattern" '$0 ~ p { print $4, $6 }' OFS=, infile )
bash-4.2$ printf 'SRG is %s, VER is %s\n' "$SRG" "$VER"
SRG is many many, VER is 123 456

Last edited by radoulov; 01-14-2013 at 06:26 PM..
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# 4  
Old 01-14-2013
Code:
awk -F"'" '/can be any/ { print $4, $6}' myFile

Given one liner does not store the output to different variables.
Just I gave sample data. Those variables & its values are needed for rest of the part in script.

radoulov solution is what i wanted.
Will give a try.
# 5  
Old 01-14-2013
Code:
eval $(awk -F"'" '/can be any/ { print "SRG="$4 " VER=" $6}' myFile)

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