[SWLUG] Awk is driving me MAD!

[Terry John]

Try

awk '{printf("%s",$2); printf(" IN A "); print $1}' /etc/hosts

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Bonnell [mailto:Tim.Bonnell at CarringtonWire.com] 
Sent: 10 June 2003 17:16
To: 'discuss at swlug.org.uk'
Subject: [SWLUG] Awk is driving me MAD!


I'm implementine a DNS server. Everything seems to be working.

Now its time to convert my lengthy hosts file into a DNS file.

I tried this simple line:

# awk '{print $2 " IN A " $1}' hosts

and it just wont work!

# awk '{print $1 " IN A " $2}' hosts
# awk '{print $1 " IN A " $1}' hosts
# awk '{print $2 " IN A " $2}' hosts

all work, but thats no use to me. I basically need to swap the fields around
with a bit of text between.

Go on, tell me what a pratt I'm being!


Regards,	Tim

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