Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!rik From: rik@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: csh, awk help Message-ID: <719@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Wed, 8-Aug-84 12:23:55 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.719 Posted: Wed Aug 8 12:23:55 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 02:37:33 EDT References: <2505@seismo.UUCP> Organization: UCLA CS Dept. Lines: 12 Here's what I've found one has to use in csh scripts (I presume it will work with sh as well): #!/bin/csh awk 'BEGIN{id='"$2"';}{ \ printf(\"%8d %s\n\", id++, \$0); \ }' $1 The quotes around $2 are necessary because $2 might contain blanks... Rik Verstraete. rik@UCLA-CS.ARPA ...!{ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!rik