awk print string quotes

[Kenton]

Hi again

how do I print string quotes (&quot using awk?

I have this:
awk '{print $1, $2, $3} < infile

1,2,3
2,3,5

but I need

1,2,&quot;3&quot;
2,3,&quot;5&quot;

(I wish I had a UNIX manual!!)
Thanks
Kenton

 

[toolkit]

Try:

printf "%s,%s,\"%s\"\n", $1,$2,$3

Cheers Neil

 

[Kenton]

Ummm, what am I doing wrong?

awk '{printf &quot;%s,%s,\&quot;%s\&quot;\n&quot;, $1,$2,$3}' < infile

now gives

1,2,3,,&quot;&quot;
2,3,5,,&quot;&quot;

Kenton

B-(

 

[toolkit]

You must specify the input field separator to be a comma, using the -F option to awk. awk splits on space by default.
So your example should be:

awk -F',' '{printf &quot;%s,%s,\&quot;%s\&quot;\n&quot;, $1,$2,$3}' < infile

Cheers, Neil

 

[Kenton]

Doh!

Thanks