Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:24:26 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: semi-OT: awk - field separator Message-ID: <18236.36570.116953.110494@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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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" {print $2}
./script.sh: 1: Syntax error: word unexpected
Respectfully,
Robert Huff
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