Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:59:51 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: for awk experts only. Message-ID: <20081130045944.GA94896@thought.org>
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wordnet/wn prints the string "noun" out whereas I'd rather it simply
printed "n." Is there a way of making this substitution using awk?
(I've never used awk except as a cmdline filter.)
The following fails:
wn foot -over |grep Overview |awk
{if(!strcmp($3,"noun"))$3="n."; '{printf("%s %s\n", $4, $3);}}'
If there are any shortcuts, please clue me in!
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