"unexpected newline or end of string" in XP script

[jjohnn]

dir | gawk "{sub(/n, ,$0}"

on Win XP gives the error above.

dir | gawk "{print $5}" lists the files, one to a line. I want to remove the newlines.

Any suggestions?

 

[feherke]

Hi

Try to set the [tt]RS[/tt] ( record separator ) and/or [tt]ORS[/tt] ( output record separator ) internal variables. They are by default [tt]\n[/tt], while DOS/Windows uses [tt]\r\n[/tt] as end of line mark.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[PHV]

dir | gawk "{printf \"%s \",$5}"

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[jjohnn]

That does not seem to work for me:

Q:\scripts\scrap>type dir2.bat
dir | gawk "{printf \"%s \",$5}"

Q:\scripts\scrap>dir2.bat

Q:\scripts\scrap>dir | gawk "{printf \"s \",$5}"
s s s s s s s s s s s
Q:\scripts\scrap>

Removing the format specifier does work in this case:
Q:\scripts\scrap>type dir1.bat
dir | gawk "{printf( $4\" \" )}"

Q:\scripts\scrap>dir1

Q:\scripts\scrap>dir | gawk "{printf( $4\" \" )}"
Q is . .. dir1.bat dir2.bat bytes bytes
Q:\scripts\scrap>

IS ther a book on making windows scripts using installed utilities, simlar to the plethora of books on making unix shell scripts?

 

[PHV]

dir /b | gawk "{printf $0\" \"}"

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