Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:05:04 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: josh.carroll@gmail.com Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator Message-ID: <18236.42608.917223.337252@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <8cb6106e0711151035n2d33e58fja03637a1a6a89a9e@mail.gmail.com> References: <18236.36570.116953.110494@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <8cb6106e0711151035n2d33e58fja03637a1a6a89a9e@mail.gmail.com>
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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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