How to run a awk file

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I am converting a CSV file into a table format  and I wrote an AWK script and saved it as my awk  Here is the my script    AWK for test awk -F         BEGIN           aa   0                      hdng    fname lname salary city           l1   length  1           l13   length  13           if   l1  gt  2   amp  amp    l13    0                 fname   substr  1  2  1               l1   length  3  - 4              lname   substr  3  l1  4               processor   substr  1  2                printf   s  s  s  s n   fname  lname  salary   0                      if   0                       aa           else if   0     fname               printf   s n   hdng           else if   l1  gt  2   amp  amp   l13    0                 a                      else               perf    11              if  perf     0-9                           type    num              else                 type    char               if  type     num                   printf  Mr s  s  s  s  N N   n    0 fname lname  city                       END            lt  life csv  gt  life out csv    How can I run this script on a Unix server  I tried to run this my awk file by using this command   awk -f my awk life csv

User · Answer

If you put    bin awk -f on the first line of your AWK script it is easier  Plus editors like Vim and     will recognize the file as an AWK script and you can colorize         bin awk -f BEGIN       Begin section             Loop section END         End section  Change the file to be executable by running  chmod ugo x   awk-script  and you can then call your AWK script like this     echo  quot something quot      awk-script

User · Answer

Put the part from BEGIN    END   inside a file and name it like my awk   And then execute it like below   awk -f my awk life csv  gt output txt   Also I see a field separator as    You can add that in the begin block of the  awk file as FS

User · Answer

The file you give is a shell script  not an awk program  So  try sh my awk   If you want to use awk -f my awk life csv   gt  life out cs  then remove awk -F     and the last line from the file and add FS     in BEGIN

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