I'm having the same problem and was wondering if you found a fix.
I want to store the output of an awk command into a variable to be used later.
Have file names
first last cuid
awk '{print $2 ; }' names
will list last names
last='awk '{print $2 ; }' names'
will not work
any suggestions? I think I have to do something with the quotes to get the output of the awk to go into the variable last.
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Originally Posted by keenlearner
definitely i want something like..
var=`awk '{printf "%d".$1}' filename`
but this particular command will not work...
this is the problem i am facing that i am not able to write that particular syntax of awk....
could u pls suggest something more...
Thanx
With Regards
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