topic Re: awk command in Operating System - HP-UX

awk command

Raju_S — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:07:05 GMT

Hello,

When i issue the command shown below it works fine in HP-UX.

cat /etc/passwd |awk -F ":" '{print $1"|"$3"|"$4"|"$5"|"$6"|"$7}' >a.txt

But when i try the same command in Solaris it gives the following error...

awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1

Please resolve this issue.

Thanks & Regard

Re: awk command

Steven Schweda — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:38:38 GMT

rsh solaris_host 'cat /etc/passwd' | awk [...]

If you expect "awk" to work the same on
different systems, you would be wise to use
the same "awk" program on those systems. I
hear that GNU "awk" ("gawk") is fairly
portable.

http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/gawk.html

If you want advice on "awk" on Solaris, you
might also try a Solaris forum.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/home/index.html

Re: awk command

Dennis Handly — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:52:22 GMT

I would suspect it's because you don't have spaces around your strings and $ variables??

Re: awk command

Raju_S — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 02:06:47 GMT

Hi Dennis,

It is still not working with spaces.

Regards

Re: awk command

Robert-Jan Goossens_1 — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:13:02 GMT

Hi,

Try this,

# cat /etc/passwd |nawk -F ":" '{print $1"|"$3"|"$4"|"$5"|"$6"|"$7}' >a.txt

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: awk command

Raju_S — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:16:24 GMT

Hello,

Thankyou Roberts. It worked.

Thank you all.

Regards

Re: awk command

Raju_S — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:20:32 GMT

Hello,

It worked when used with nawk.

Regards