semi-OT: awk - field separator
Robert Huff
roberthuff at rcn.com
Thu Nov 15 12:05:12 PST 2007
Josh Carroll writes:
> > What is the canonical way to get (FreeBSD default) awk to use a
> > single double-quote as the field separator? I have tried variations
> > on -F\\\" and -F"\"" and the best I can get is:
>
> awk -F'"'
>
> That's a single quote, then a double quote, then another single
> quote. Or:
That's the ticket.
Thanks, everyone.
Robert Huff
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