Pattern not recoginized when set as multiline 1

[demis001]

I am getting " unterminated pattern error" while I excute the script. If I write the pattern as single line on vi editor it will work but the script will be ugly.

$1~/^A|B|c|d|e|f|g|h/ THIS WILL WORK WITH OUT ANY PROBLEM
If I wrote the same line as:
$1~/^A|B

|C|D
|E|F
|G|h/

I will get an error. The line too long.

Help!
Dereje

 

[p5wizard]

In awk a RE cannot contain newlines...

You can write something like this but it's just about as ugly I guess:

[tt]
$1~/A|B/ ||
$1~/C|D/ ||
$1~/E|F/ ||
$1~/G|H/
[/tt]


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[demis001]

Thanks, better than the one I have, At least easy to read and edit

Dereje