replacing reservede carakters - ex using awk '{gsub("|","",$

[Larshg]

Hi

I trying to replace " and |

I've usede something like this
print '|' |awk '{gsub("|","-",$0); print }'

But this does not work - I can't use | in gsub

/Larshg

 

[Ygor]

Prefix with a backslash...

print '|' |awk '{gsub("\|","-",$0); print }'

 

[Larshg]

What if it is '

this version won't work - becouse awk think that ' endes the awk sentence
echo ---|awk '{gsub("---","\'",$0); print }'

Larshg

 

[PHV]

Try this:
echo ---|awk "{gsub(/---/,\"'\",$0); print }"

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[Larshg]

Can't get it to work

> echo --- |awk "{gsub(/---/,\"'\",$0); print }"
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>


Larshg

 

[Ygor]

You can use the octal number of the ascii char ...

echo ---|awk '{gsub("---","\047",$0); print }'

 

[aigles]

You can also define an awk variable :
[tt]
echo ---| awk '{gsub(/---/,Q);print}' Q="'"
[/tt]

Jean Pierre.

 

[PHV]

Try this:
echo X---|awk "{gsub(/---/,\"'\",$0); print }"
I guess it's a echo problem

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