Gawk matching: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 01:28, 19 July 2021
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match checks for a matching string, returns char number if found, otherwise returns a 0
match($0, "searchterm")echo "abcdefg" | awk '{var=match($0, "cd"); print var}' #> 3 echo "abcdefg" | awk '{var=match($0, "zef"); print var}' #> 0 echo "abcdefg" | awk '{ if(match($0, "cd")) { print "match found"; } }' #> match found