I'm working on a script in which gives certain details in its output depending on user-specified options. So, what I'd like to do is something like:
Then, later in the script, we'd do something like:
curk -sk "some_url" | $awkcmd
So far, so good... but I'm having a heck of a time escaping my awk command so that it works. Here's an example:
These are what I've tried, with the resulting output from the script:
So, any thoughts? Is there some rule I'm missing that should allow this to work? Some clever way of getting bash to take care of it for me? I even tried running it through the bash printf %q formatter, but no luck there either.
Note that in your original post, you had:
I would guess that the $3 shown in red should have been $1, as it was in the next test. It looks like Chubler_XL guessed that it should have been $4.
As you look for a solution to your quoting problems, please also verify that the awk script you provided is looking for "Metric" in the correct field in both places where you look for it.
Thanks for all the replies. I'm trying out the various options, and I didn't want to seem ungrateful while I do so. So, in the interest of supporting future generations of awkers, I will post whatever I find. Again, I appreciate all the replies and help.
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I am trying to store the output of this awk command
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in a variable when I am trying v= awk -F, {(if NR==2) print $1} test.sr
$v = awk -F, {(if NR==2) print $1} test.sr
but its not working out .
Any suggestions
Thanks
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