Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <02E689F991FFD311A75D009027B6A73E010AB6EC@mail01.nextcard.com> From: Gerald Le Roy To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: Cyngus shell question Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 18:48:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" This script isn't working for some reason and I don't understand why. awk 'BEGIN {FIELDWIDTHS = "31 8 41"} $1 ~ "^5" {seqid[NR - 2] = $2} END {for (i = NR - 4; i > 0; i-- ) print seqid[i] }' %1 When I run it - it doesn't return anything - and - it echo's a script that is different than the one I'm trying to run C:\scripts>awk 'BEGIN {FIELDWIDTHS = "31 8 41"} $1 ~ "^5" {seqid[NR - 2] = $2} END {for (i = NR - 4; i ; i-- ) print seqid[i] }' 365 1_taptran_savings.txt 1>0 It may be that the shell is seeing the ">" symbol as a re-direct symbol instead of as a 'greater than' symbol. I'm not sure how to get the shell to recognize this as a greater than symbol. Can someone help - or re-direct me (ha) to someone who can answer my question? Thanks, Gerald LeRoy -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com