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# 1  
Old 01-25-2008
Power using nawk to concate the fields
I have the the following question:

# cat report.lis | nawk -F: '{ if($0 ~ "^BE NO:") print "report_"$2".lis"}' Smilie
.lisrt_ 111
.lisrt_ 111
.lisrt_ 222
.lisrt_ 222
.lisrt_ 333
.lisrt_ 333

# cat report.lis | nawk -F: '{ if($0 ~ "^BE NO:") print "report_" $2}'
report_ 111
report_ 111
report_ 222
report_ 222
report_ 333
report_ 333

My question why I cannot concate these 3 fields: "report_" $2 ".lis"
expected result is:
report_ 111.lis
report_ 111.lis
report_ 222.lis
report_ 222.lis
report_ 333.lis
report_ 333.lis

By the way, I am using Sun server for unix script.

Please help and thanks..
# 2  
Old 01-25-2008
Attach a portion of your input file as this will aid in why nawk isn't catenating the fields.
# 3  
Old 01-25-2008
The following is my input file:





Report No.: AAA

BE NO: 111

asfsdflsjdfklsdjfklsjfklsfsflsjdlk
fsdfjsfkjsklfsfj




Report No.: AAA

BE NO: 111

sdfsdfjsdklfjsfkj
fsdflkjsdfklsjkl




Report No.: AAA

BE NO: 222

dadaskdhasdjkd
dashdjkashdjhajkh




Report No.: AAA

BE NO: 222

dasdjaklsdjkladjkla
daskdjaskldjakldjklaj




Report No.: AAA

BE NO: 333

ddasdjaskldjkladjklasj
daskdjaskldjaskldj




Report No.: AAA

BE NO: 333

djakdadjaklsjdjak
dakdjakljdklajklsd

Thanks for your help
 
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