How do I print a string with variables?
Trying this
awk -F ',' '{printf /p/${3}_abc/xyz/${5}_abc_def/}' file
Need this at output
/p/APPLE_abc/xyz/MANGO_abc_def/
where ${3} = APPLE
and ${5} = MANGO
How do I print a string with variables?
Trying this
awk -F ',' '{printf /p/${3}_abc/xyz/${5}_abc_def/}' file
Need this at output
/p/APPLE_abc/xyz/MANGO_abc_def/
where ${3} = APPLE
and ${5} = MANGO
printf
allows interpolation of variables. With this as the test file:
$ cat file
a,b,APPLE,d,MANGO,f
We can use printf
to achieve the output you want as follows:
$ awk -F, '{printf "/p/%s_abc/xyz/%s_abc_def/\n",$3,$5;}' file
/p/APPLE_abc/xyz/MANGO_abc_def/
In printf
, the string %s
means insert-a-variable-here-as-a-string. We have two occurrences of %s
, one for $3
and one for $5
.
Not as readable, but the printf isn't necessary here. Awk can insert the variables directly into the strings if you quote the string portion.
$ cat file.txt
1,2,APPLE,4,MANGO,6,7,8
$ awk -F, '{print "/p/" $3 "_abc/xyz/" $5 "_abc_def/"}' file.txt
/p/APPLE_abc/xyz/MANGO_abc_def/