system command syntax

[rogers42]

Hi,

My awk utility looks as folows:

BEGIN {
file1 = ARGV[1];
file2 = ARGV[2];

# Cleanup the existing out files
system("rm common.out");

# Get common records
system("comm -12 file1 file2 > common.out");
}

Can somone please point me to the correct syntax that is required for the system() command ?

Thanks

rogers42

 

[PHV]

system("comm -12 "file1" "file2" > common.out");

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

 

[rogers42]

This is an emmense help.

Thanks

rogers42

 

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