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From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
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Subject: Re: awk and '
In-Reply-To: <3518DEE7.31DFF4F5@wired.ctech.ac.za> from "Jacques Hugo" at "Mar 25, 98 12:39:35 pm"
To: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za (Jacques Hugo)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:42:55 +0200 (EET)
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Once Jacques Hugo wrote:
> Hi there ...
> 
> How do you print the ' character in awk.

# echo "Does what you want" | awk '{ print "\x27" }'
'

> And can someone point me to a programming/reference
> guide in awk please.

# man 1 awk

# info gawk

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