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Old 01-27-2014
[SOLVED] Why awk script will not output to file?
I have a script that looks like this:
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for f in LISTDETAIL; do gawk -f script_0113b "$LISTDETAIL";done

It works perfectly, and I can see input on the screen. I have tried to redirect it to a file with the following techniques, but no luck:


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for f in LISTDETAIL; do gawk -f script_0113b "$LISTDETAIL";done |tee file1

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for f in LISTDETAIL; do gawk -f script_0113b "$LISTDETAIL";done>/tmp/file1

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script for f in LISTDETAIL; do gawk -f script_0113b "$LISTDETAIL";done>/tmp/file1

I also started script on the command line and it would save nothing into a file. But I do know the script is working as I do see the desired input on the screen. Does any awk guru know why? Do I need to use "orint" with redirect, or is there something that needs to be done with the shell?
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Old 01-27-2014
I would have to actually see the awk program to know for sure, but it could be printing to standard error instead of standard output. In awk that would look like print "stuff" >"/dev/stderr"

You can redirect that with 2>filename
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Old 01-27-2014
You are a genius, many thanks!
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