because i haven't found a solution on google or the searchfunction i will ask here.
Here is my code :
Send="last -n 1 $1 | awk '{ print $1 " " $2 }'"
My problem is, that my shell script is using parameters.
When i'm calling my script:
myScript hello world
Then my awk-Command looks like
awk '{ print hello " " world }'
But how could I avoid this? is there a way?
Because this is a part of a project, i couldn't post more code. ;/
first change the outer "'s to $() so: send=$(last -n 1 $1 | awk '{print $1 " " $2}')
use the FS (field separator) variable which defaults to space in awk instead of " " for a space so: send=$(last -n 1 $1 | awk '{print $1 FS $2}')
FS with , as that's the purpose of OFS.
FS, but my preference is for FS. As it helps me logically make the distinction, whereas a comma can be easily overlooked. Especially when reviewing older code. Preference really.
$1 FS $2 to $1, $2, I would argue that you ought to use $1 OFS $2.OFS or , Over FS. That would work well for this case, where OFS or ',' would input a space, but I use FS explicitly as the field separator. I make mention of that in my answer. so if it was changed such as: awk -F- '{print $1 OFS $2}' you would not get the same as if you used FS. If you want space, use a comma, but FS is more robust in this case.OFS, and those are when you are setting the Output Field Separator explicitly to something other then the FS, but sometimes you just want to remove or transpose a col using awk, it is a bit superfluous to set the OFS when using the FS is sufficient. Which, brings me back to this being a matter of preference. My answer indicated FS was being used as the Field Separator.
$Sendvariable?