Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:33:05 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Subject: Re: Shell scripts: variable assignment within read loops Message-ID: <20080818143305.9dd7d096.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <87ljyvypa8.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <20080818013328.GY44815@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <87ljyvypa8.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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As I thought while reading your message, awk seems to be a good solution. Just a note: On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:29:03 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > Would you > be ok with an awk(1) script instead of /bin/sh? It tends to be nicer > for this sort of thing, i.e.: > > [...] > $ netstat -nibd -f inet | awk -f david.awk You could start your awk skript with #!/usr/bin/awk and give it +x attribute, as well as adding the desired source command "netstat -nibd -f inet" to the script, using awk's system() function, so you can start it more easily or use it in combination with other commands. % ./netstuff.awk -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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