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how can I input from keyboard in awk
I am the originator of this thread. I finally got hold of a UNIX guru I know and he suggested the following. It seems to work with most versions of awk nawk gawk, etc. printf "Enter your name: " system("read a; echo $a") | getline name print name I hope this may help... -
how can I input from keyboard in awk
I need to input data from the keyboard in awk.The only reference I can find in any of my AWK books is to do the following: BEGIN { printf "Enter your name: " getline name < "-" print name } This was accompanied by the footnote that not all versions of awk/nawk/gawk/etc...
