Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:34:37 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator Message-ID: <20071115183437.GB2455@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <18236.36570.116953.110494@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <18236.36570.116953.110494@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On 2007-11-15 13:24, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:
> What is the canonical way to get (FreeBSD default) awk to use a
> single double-quote as the field separator? I have tried variations
> on -F\\\" and -F"\"" and the best I can get is:
>
> + awk -F" {print $2}
> ./script.sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected
Any of the following should work:
awk -F\" ...
awk -F"\"" ...
awk -F'"' ...
I see that this is part of a script (the '+' character at the start of
the line). Can you show us the *exact* contents of the script at the
point where awk(1) is called?
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