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From: rfinch@caldwr.water.ca.gov (Ralph Finch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Shell/gawk interaction
Keywords: Bourne shell, awk
Message-ID: <247@locke.water.ca.gov>
Date: 13 Dec 90 22:21:04 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.questions
Organization: Calif. Depart. of Water Resources, Sac.
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I do not understand why the following bourne shell script generates an
error in the awk program:

(call the script file test1)

#!/bin/sh
filename=$1 ; shift
nargs=$#  
args="$*"
echo $args

gawk '
BEGIN {
args="'$args'"
print args
exit 
}' $filename


(running the script file):

test1 abc 1 2 3
1 2 3
gawk:  syntax error near line 3:
args="1
     ^ unterminated string


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