awk file seperator

[SpongeBob1]

Hi,

I wish to use the following as a file seperator

if (FS == "''" )

however I believe that awk has problems with the '' - does anybody know how to correct this error?

 

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SpongeBob:

I see no reason why you can' use a FS or " if you want to:

awk -F"\"" ' { print $2 } ' file.txt

If file.txt looks like:

"field 1"field 2"field 3"

$2 equals

field 1

Regards,

Ed

 

[SpongeBob1]

Hi Olden,

Actually I meant... if (FS == "' '&quot the ' character is what i wish to seperate by as opposed to "... i think that awk interprets it as the end of the awk statement though, & am wondering how to avoid this....

 

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SpongeBob:

Sorry, but I'm not understanding the question .....

Regards,

Ed

 

[SpongeBob1]

Hi Ed.

Sorry my question is unclear.... what I wish to do is use the single quotation as my file seperator, or rather use two single quotations i.e. ' ' as the file seperator, this however I am having problems with as I believe awk interprets a single guotation mark as the end of script. Hope this makes it clearer.

 

[SpongeBob1]

Thanks for your help Ed....

I'm using FS =' '

It did not need the double quotes....

thanks.
Bob