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Old 02-17-2012
current directory in awk
Hello,

I want to use the string with the current directory in my awk command.
I tried: 'pwd=system("pwd")'

but it doesn't work. can please help somebody?
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Old 02-17-2012
Code:
$ awk -v P="$(pwd)" 'BEGIN{print P}'
/home

Last edited by ctsgnb; 02-17-2012 at 06:41 AM..
# 3  
Old 02-17-2012
Code:
pa=getline mypwd; printf pa

output: 1

EDIT:

found the static array 'ENVIRON' in manual.

works:
Code:
pa=ENVIRON["PWD"]; printf pa

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