What gives??

From: Nikhil Khimani <nkhimani_at_marketaxess.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:29:34 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DDC74.20040121112934@fatcity.com>

L&G,

I know there is a simple solution to this .. but I can't think of it right now. Any help will be appreciated ...

Thanks,  

Nikhil

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[ny-nikhil1:/export/home/nkhimani/bin]$ export AWK="awk '{print \$4}'"
[ny-nikhil1:/export/home/nkhimani/bin]$ echo ${AWK}
awk '{print $4}'
[ny-nikhil1:/export/home/nkhimani/bin]$ cal | awk '{print $4}'

W

7
14
21
28

[ny-nikhil1:/export/home/nkhimani/bin]$ cal | ${AWK}
awk: syntax error near line 1
awk: bailing out near line 1
[ny-nikhil1:/export/home/nkhimani/bin]$

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