Re: What gives??

[oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$ export AWK="awk '{print \$4}'" [oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$ echo ${AWK}
awk '{print $4}'
[oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$ cal | awk '{print $4}'

We

7
14
21
28

[oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$ cal | ${AWK}
awk: cmd. line:1: '{print
awk: cmd. line:1: ^ Invalid char ''' in expression

[oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$ cal | "${AWK}" bash: awk '{print $4}': command not found [oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$ cal | eval "${AWK}"

We

7
14
21
28

[oriole_at_frlinux1 oriole]$

Nikhil Khimani wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ============================================================================
> =
> [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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