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From: steinar@fdmetd.uucp (Steinar Overbeck Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Supressing new-lines in awk output
Summary: use printf("%s", $1)
Keywords: awk
Message-ID: <345@fdmetd.uucp>
Date: 9 Feb 89 17:10:06 GMT
References: <21638@conexch.UUCP>
Organization: Fellesdata a.s, Oslo, Norway
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In article <21638@conexch.UUCP>, root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes:
> Is there a way to supress the newline at the end of awk's print output?
> 
> Given:
> 
> 	awk '{print $1}' filename
> 

Use this instead:

	awk '{ printf("%s", $1) }'


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