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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: using AWK
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On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:22:21 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote:
> Yes, I want the number to go into an awk variable.
> [...]=20
> This is what i wrote:
>=20
>=20
> #! /bin/sh
>=20
> filename=3D$0
> awk 'getline no < filename; print no'
>=20
> But when I run this script
>=20
> sh /awk_no.sh /var/no.txt
>=20
> I have this error :
>=20
> awk: syntax error at source line 1
> =A0context is
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 getline no < filename; >>> =A0print <<< =A0no
> awk: bailing out at source line 1
>=20
> Thank you :)


The error is obvious: You need to transition $filename from
the sh level into the awk script, i. e. the file name string
(in your example, "/var/no.txt") must be visible inside the
awk script. You're using a variable called filename which
is uninitialized (empty). You can either define the file
name statically in the awk script, or use ${filename} in
the script (use double quotes to allow resolution).

Also note that $0 is the name by which the script has been
called. $1 is the 1st parameter.




--=20
Polytropon
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