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Re: Is it appropriate to ask user-oriented questions on this list?
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cga2000 |
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Re: Is it appropriate to ask user-oriented questions on this list? |
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Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:49:16 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 11:59:29AM EST, Bob Proulx wrote:
> cga2000 wrote:
> > I'm having trouble getting awk parsing to work when fields are
> > separated by two different characters (space and colon).
>
> You may have to split into fields and then trim each field for
> whitespace.
>
> > First off I was wondering whether this is the correct place to ask.
>
> After I convince you to install GNU awk there won't be any question. :-)
>
> > Also, I am running this on debian linux and the implementation of awk
> > that was installed by default is called "mawk".
>
> This has been an often debated topic. Let's not open it here. But do
> please try GNU awk. Also installing 'gawk-doc' from the non-free
> depot is also highly recommended.
>
> sudo apt-get install gawk
Done (gawk/gawk-doc)
> As far as your awk question is concerned, can you post a small example
> that illustrates the issue? Something like the following would be
> great. Then we could all follow along.
>
> echo "one: two :three:four" | awk -F: '{print$2}'
I guess I'll follow Paul's recommendation below.