Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 07:22:22 +0200 From: Jacques Hugo <jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: awk and ' Message-ID: <3519E60E.52BFA1D7@wired.ctech.ac.za> References: <199803251442.QAA02561@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>
> Once Jacques Hugo wrote:
> > Hi there ...
> >
> > How do you print the ' character in awk.
>
> # echo "Does what you want" | awk '{ print "\x27" }'
> '
Thanks, that did the trick.
> # man 1 awk
>
> # info gawk
Yes, thanks for the pointer.
Regards
-Jacques
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