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Re: Field separator ") "

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:41:06 -0700 (PDT)
Philip <phil.ganchev@gmail.com> wrote:

> How can I use ") " as the field separator? The manual says that if FS
> is a string of more than one character, then it is treated as a
> regular expression. But when I try this it does not work:
> 
> awk -F '\) ' '{print "hello"; exit}' mydatafie
> awk: warning: escape sequence `\(' treated as plain `('
> awk: fatal: Invalid regular expression: / (/
> 
> awk -F ' (' '{print "hello"; exit}' mydatafie
> awk: fatal: Invalid regular expression: / (/
> 
> awk --version
> GNU Awk 3.1.7
> Copyright (C) 1989, 1991-2009 Free Software Foundation.
> ...

Use -F '\\) '  or -F ' \\('

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Field separator ") " Philip <phil.ganchev@gmail.com> - 2011-04-08 13:41 -0700
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