Need help to execute Unix commands from awk script ? 1

[rogers42]

Hi Folks,

I am trying to strip away the last five characters from the file name. Following is an example

Input: file1.done
Output: file1

My nawk script is as follows

BEGIN {
  # Set the field separator to white space
  FS=" "
}
{
    print | "mv " $9 " " substr($9, 1,length($9)-5)
}

I am executing the script as follows

ls -ltrh file* | nawk -f rename_files.awk

How can I execute the move command from within my awk script?

Thanks in advance

rogers

 

[PHV]

Replace this:
print | "mv " $9 " " substr($9, 1,length($9)-5)
with this:
system("mv " $9 " " substr($9, 1,length($9)-5))

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[rogers42]

That's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks

rogers