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edited Jun 30, 2017 at 19:24

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awk is always trying to interpret $<something> as a field value (e.g. $0 - the whole record, $3 - the third field, $NF - the last field value)

Pass directory name via variable:

awk -v dir="$TRANSDIR" '/FILE-HDRPQ/{x=substr ($0,11,6)} NR>1{print $0 > dir"/"x"_prchgrpt.txt";}' "$TRANSDIR/$prcfile"

awk is always trying to interpret $<something> as a field value (e.g. $3)

Pass directory name via variable:

awk -v dir="$TRANSDIR" '/FILE-HDRPQ/{x=substr ($0,11,6)} NR>1{print $0 > dir"/"x"_prchgrpt.txt";}' "$TRANSDIR/$prcfile"

awk is always trying to interpret $<something> as a field value (e.g. $0 - the whole record, $3 - the third field, $NF - the last field value)

Pass directory name via variable:

awk -v dir="$TRANSDIR" '/FILE-HDRPQ/{x=substr ($0,11,6)} NR>1{print $0 > dir"/"x"_prchgrpt.txt";}' "$TRANSDIR/$prcfile"

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answered Jun 30, 2017 at 19:19

RomanPerekhrest

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awk is always trying to interpret $<something> as a field value (e.g. $3)

Pass directory name via variable:

awk -v dir="$TRANSDIR" '/FILE-HDRPQ/{x=substr ($0,11,6)} NR>1{print $0 > dir"/"x"_prchgrpt.txt";}' "$TRANSDIR/$prcfile"