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[Homz]

Good day;

Few months ago, you had posted a small awk
program:

# a.awk
BEGIN {
FS = "|"
OFS = "|"
while ((getline < &quot;file2&quot > 0) {
j++
a1[j] = $1
sub(/^[^\|]*/,&quot;&quot;,$0)
a0[j] = $0
}
}
{
for (i=1;i<=j;i++) {
if ($1 == a1) {
print $2 &quot; &quot; a0
}
}
}

It was supposed to grab some output from
a file, then append it to another file
by adding a column. I could not get the
program to work. I am a newbie with awk
so really, I barely understand the code
(Thanks to the pseudo code provided by
in the thread)

I attempt to run it under solaris 8 and
this is the erros I get:

# awk -f a.awk file1 < file2 > file3
awk: syntax error near line 5
awk: illegal statement near line 5
awk: syntax error near line 8
awk: illegal statement near line 8
awk: syntax error near line 12
awk: bailing out near line 12

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

 

[vgersh99]

1. when posting code - DISABLE the TGML
2. instead of using 'awk' - use 'nawk' vlad
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[iribach]

awk is obsolete
cd /bin (should be a link to /usr/bin)
mv awk awk.old
ln -s nawk awk
ln -s oawk awk.old
wenn you say awk the nawk is used
wenn you say oawk the awk.old is used