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file availability getline way

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visitnag

visitnag

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Sep 21, 2006
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Hi,

I am using getline to check whether input file is available or not.

The following is working fine:

Input file name: file<ym>

read -p "Enter month : " ym
awk 'BEGIN{
print getline < "file'$ym'" <0 ? "Not Available" : "Available"​
}'

but when i use the variable within awk its not working

awk 'BEGIN{
month=202303
print getline < "file"month <0 ? "Not Available" : "Available"​
}'

Please help
Thank you








 
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Hi

Dumb thing as according to operator precedence should be fine, but in reality you have to add [highlight]parentheses[/highlight] :
Code: 
awk '[b]BEGIN[/b][teal]{[/teal]
[navy]month[/navy][teal]=[/teal][purple]202303[/purple]
[b]print getline[/b] [teal]<[/teal] [highlight]([/highlight][i][green]"file"[/green][/i][navy]month[/navy][highlight])[/highlight] [teal]<[/teal][purple]0[/purple] [teal]?[/teal] [i][green]"Not Available"[/green][/i] [teal]:[/teal] [i][green]"Available"[/green][/i]
[teal]}[/teal]'


Feherke.
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Thank you very much!
Does this parenthesis syntax apply only when getline is used?
 
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Hi

Maybe my memories are failing, as I can not reproduce it right now, but I have a feeling that also met it with [tt]print[/tt] when writing to file. But I would say on file/pipe input/output operations.


Feherke.
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