Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:35:27 -0500 From: "Josh Carroll" <josh.carroll@gmail.com> To: "Robert Huff" <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator Message-ID: <8cb6106e0711151035n2d33e58fja03637a1a6a89a9e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <18236.36570.116953.110494@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <18236.36570.116953.110494@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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> 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
awk -F'"'
That's a single quote, then a double quote, then another single quote. Or:
awk -F\"
should also work.
Regards,
Josh
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