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Old 10-26-2015
Printing apostrophes by using awk
Hello All,

I would like to ask your kind help regarding the following query:

I have this line:
Code:
awk '$2>5 {print "File:  "$1,$2}'

I have got this output:
Code:
File: zzzds 76
File: fd9ffh 58
File: gfh0dg 107
....

Could you please help me how to modify my line to get these outputs with apostrophs?

Code:
File: 'zzzds 76'
File: 'fd9ffh 58'
File: 'gfh0dg 107'
...

Thank you in advance for your help.

Padavan


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Mod Comment Use code tags, thanks.
Last edited by zaxxon; 10-26-2015 at 09:37 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 10-26-2015
Hello Padavan,

Please use code tags as per forum rules for commands/codes/Inputs used in your posts as per forum rules. You could go through the rules in following link too.
https://www.unix.com/misc.php?do=cfrules

Now on your question, could you please use following and let me know if this helps you.
Code:
awk -vs1="'" '$2>5 {print "File: " OFS s1 $1,$2 s1}' Input_file

Also on a Solaris/SunOS system, change awk to /usr/xpg4/bin/awk , /usr/xpg6/bin/awk , or nawk .

Thanks,
R. Singh
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Padavan
# 3  
Old 10-26-2015
\047 also works, that is backslash zero four seven, awk's octal notation for a single quote.
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Padavan
# 4  
Old 10-26-2015
If you have a really really old awk:

Code:
awk '
BEGIN {
a="'"'"'"
}
{
print a
}'

That's doublequote singlequote doublequote singlequote doublequote singlequote doublequote

Has do do with shell escaping. Should work everywhere...
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Padavan
# 5  
Old 10-26-2015
With colors you can easily see the the escaped ' outside the 'strings':
Code:
awk '
BEGIN { tck="'"'"'" }
{ print tck "hello world" tck }'

I usually prefer the '\'' escape:
Code:
awk '
BEGIN { tck="'\''" }
{ print tck "hello world" tck }'

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Padavan
# 6  
Old 10-27-2015
Hello All,

Thank you very much for your kind help. Much appreaciated.

I apologize if I caused any inconveniences.

With Best Regards,

Padavan
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