Why does this behave this way? 1

RFC1795 · May 16, 2014

Hi All,

Probably a simple one, but I'm not understanding why this isn't working the way I expect it to work:

Code:

AB="level20"

echo "filename50.cfg,$AB" | awk -F. '{print $1","$AB}'

Output:
filename50,filename50.cfg,level20

I'm expecting output to be:

Code:

filename50,level20

I'm confused... might be because its Friday

Thanks... T

PHV · May 16, 2014

Simple quoting problem

Code:

echo "filename50.cfg,$AB" | awk -F. '{print $1",'$AB'"}'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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RFC1795 · May 16, 2014

Thanks PHV! Quoting catches me out all the time [lol]