Help with running awk prog within shell script

[Fozzeebear]

I have a multi-line awk program that I usually run from the command line using: nawk -f program < input > output.

I know that it is possible to run small awk programs directly from the command line, like: nawk '{print $1}' < input.

However, when I try to use this format for running the multi-line program from the command line (eventually, I want it in a shell script) it fails.

Is this possible? If so, what is the correct syntax for running a mult-line awk program from the command line or within a shell script without having to reference another file that contains the program.

Any help much will be much appreciated!

 

[PHV]

something like this:

nawk '
BEGIN{print "Begin Section"}
/pattern1/{print "pattern1 found";next}
{if(NR<10){
  print &quot;Beginning of file&quot;
 }else{
  print &quot;Yet another message&quot;
}}
END{print &quot;End of file&quot;}
' /path/to/input

Hope This Help
PH.