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Beginner - Modifying fields in a file
i'm running gawk from inside a cgi file, not the command line. so i'm a little confused. i think you're saying, #! path/to/gawk -f begin { OFS=FS if ($1==n) $2-=x print >output } but i'm not sure what the apostrophe after print is doing and what exactly OFS=FS is doing. -
Beginner - Modifying fields in a file
I'm learning to script with gawk, and have a small problem. I have a file that represents a stock sheet name1|18 name2|15 name3|4 I'm trying to modify the last field. Is there a way to do this using print >> statements? does print >> always append to the end of a file, even if it's open...
