5.8. awk Commands in a Script File
When you have multiple awk pattern/action statements, it is often much easier to put the statements in a script. The script is a file containing awk comments and statements. If statements and actions are on the same line, they are separated by semicolons. If statements are on separate lines, semicolons are not necessary. If an action follows a pattern, the opening curly brace must be on the same line as the pattern. Comments are preceded by a pound (#) sign.
Example 5.28.
% cat employees Tom Jones:4424:5/12/66:54335 Mary Adams:5346:11/4/63:28765 Billy Black:1683:9/23/44:336500 Sally Chang:1654:7/22/54:65000 Jose Tomas:1683:9/23/44:33650 (The Awk Script) % cat info 1 # My first awk script by Jack Sprat # Script ... |
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