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Re: Gawk gsub puzzle


From: Jürgen Kahrs
Subject: Re: Gawk gsub puzzle
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:12:21 +0200
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CelEng wrote:

> Wiki didn't really help --
> 
> Solved by trial & error -- solution:
> 
> gawk {gsub(/AAA/,\"ZZZ\");print} Infile.txt > Outfile.txt 

You changed the quoting by escaping the ".
That's what WikiPedia suggested.

Unfortunately, some smart guy at WikiPedia
decided to remove the whole section about AWK
misconceptions from the WikiPedia entry.




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