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Re: Problem with changing FS
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with changing FS |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:18:33 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
Hello Scott,
* Scott McNeilly wrote on Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 05:40:25PM CEST:
>
> line='dyn~11-SEP-07~isir_load_date'
> var=`echo $line | awk '{{ FS = "~"} { print $2}}'`
Try using instead
var=`echo $line | awk 'BEGIN { FS = "~"} { print $2}'`
so that field splitting is done with the right field separator.
If you omit the BEGIN, the original value of FS is intact at the
time the first line is split.
Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Ralf