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# 1  
Old 03-03-2013
Doubt in awk programing
i wrote an awk progarm to calculate throughput from a ns2 trace file. i want this program to act on multiple trace files and it should display each output in a single output file can anyone please clear my doubt i tried with
Code:
awk -f awkscript inputfile1 inputfile2>outputfile

but it calculates the sum of all the throughputs and displaying
Last edited by joeyg; 03-03-2013 at 02:55 PM.. Reason: Please use CodeTags
# 2  
Old 03-03-2013
How about using a for loop?
Code:
for file in inputfile[1-2]
do
   awk -f awkscript "$file" >> outputfile
done

Or here is another example:
Code:
awk ' BEGIN {
        F = FILENAME
} F == FILENAME  {
        t += $0
} F != FILENAME {
        print t >> "outputfile"
        t = 0
        t += $0
} {
        F = FILENAME
} END {
        print t >> "outputfile"
} ' inputfile1 inputfile2

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# 3  
Old 03-03-2013
@bipinajith: In the first example instead of >> file you could use done > file instead, then you do not need to append...
regarding the awk, FILENAME is not initialized in the BEGIN section and also there you do not need to append from within awk, but you can redirect stdout to a file.. You could also let FNR==1 mark the beginning of a new file.
# 4  
Old 03-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
regarding the awk, FILENAME is not initialized in the BEGIN section
That is what I thought, but can you explain this?
Code:
$ awk ' BEGIN {
>         F = FILENAME
>         print F
> } ' inputfile1 inputfile2
inputfile1

# 5  
Old 03-03-2013
I just tried it with gawk, mawk and bwk, and I got:
Code:
$ awk ' BEGIN { F = FILENAME ; print F }' inputfile1 inputfile2

$

What version of awk are you using?
# 6  
Old 03-03-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
I just tried it with gawk, mawk and bwk, and I got:
Code:
$ awk ' BEGIN { F = FILENAME ; print F }' inputfile1 inputfile2

$

What version of awk are you using?
You are correct about gawk.

But I tested this code in below awk version (OS: HP-UX)
Code:
$ what /usr/bin/awk
/usr/bin/awk:
        $Revision: 92453-07 linker linker crt0.o B.11.16.01 030415 $
         main.c $Date: 2008/05/19 14:40:42 $Revision: r11.23/3 PATCH_11.23 (PHCO_38267)
         lib.c $Date: 2007/02/23 16:15:06 $Revision: r11.23/2 PATCH_11.23 (PHCO_36053)
         run.c $Date: 2008/05/19 14:40:53 $Revision: r11.23/1 PATCH_11.23 (PHCO_38267)
         $Revision: @(#) awk R11.23_BL2008_0602_1 PATCH_11.23 PHCO_38267

And I do get the FILENAME printed in BEGIN block.
# 7  
Old 03-03-2013
Beside gawk, mawk and bwk, it also does not work with /usr/xpg4/bin/awk. So it may work on HPUX, but it should not be relied upon.. According to the POSIX specification:
Quote:
Inside a BEGIN action the value is undefined.
awk: Variables and Special Variables
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