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# 1  
Old 05-09-2014
awk problem - erroring out - unexpected token
can anyone help identify where the issue is here?

Code:
awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("'${EPOCHTIME}'")), "\n"'"; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

can't seem to figure it out. i tried this:

Code:
awk 'BEGIN { c='perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("'${REFEPOCH}'")), "\n"''; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'

awk: line 2: missing } near end of file

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# 2  
Old 05-09-2014
The problem is with how you're using single quotes in the shell. The first blank after the second quote ends the awk script. A quick search for how to correctly escape single quotes in the shell should help you resolve the issue.

Regards,
Alister
# 3  
Old 05-09-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by alister
The problem is with how you're using single quotes in the shell. The first blank after the second quote ends the awk script. A quick search for how to correctly escape single quotes in the shell should help you resolve the issue.

Regards,
Alister
i have already tried searching online which is why i'm posting it here.

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does anyone know how this can be fixed?

i've practually tried everything i can think of:

Code:
369  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("1399663974")), "\n"'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  370  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e \'print scalar(localtime("1399663974")), "\n"'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  371  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e \'print scalar(localtime("1399663974")), "\n"\'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  372  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e \\'print scalar(localtime("1399663974")), "\n"\\'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  373  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e print scalar(localtime("1399663974")), "\n"" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  374  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e print scalar(localtime("1399663974")), "\\n"" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  375  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))," ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  376  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  377  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  378  awk 'BEGIN { c=/"perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))'"/ ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  379  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  380  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e $'print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  381  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e 'print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))'" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'
  382  awk 'BEGIN { c="perl -e "'"print scalar(localtime("1399663974"))"'"" ; c|getline; close( c ); print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'

# 4  
Old 05-09-2014
Instead of trying to execute the perl program inside awk you can simply pipe the output to awk:
Code:
perl ... | awk '{ print $2" "$3" "$4" "$6; }'

OR in gawk, use strftime function:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN {print strftime("%b %d %H:%M:%S", "1399663974")}'

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SkySmart
# 5  
Old 05-09-2014
two examples of how it could be done with your setup:
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{c="perl -le '\''print scalar(localtime(\"1399663974\"))'\''"; c|getline; close(c); print $2,$3,$4,$6}'

or:
Code:
awk -v c="perl -le 'print scalar(localtime(\"1399663974\"))'" 'BEGIN{c|getline; close(c); print $2,$3,$4,$6}'

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SkySmart
# 6  
Old 05-09-2014
thanks so much guys. you just saved me hours of pain.
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