On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:29:23 -0500, John L. Cunningham wrote: >> However, I want the cmd itself a piping command as well. E.g.., >> >> "echo " substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH) | command external with >> parameters| >> getline result >> > I'm not getting it. Perhaps you could post a sample input with the > desired output?
*For the sake of illustration of filtering through external command*: It's OK to: head /etc/group | awk '{print $0 | "cut -d':' -f1";}' or, head /etc/group | awk '{ "echo " $0 | getline result ; print result}' Any way to filter through external command to variable, somewhat like: head /etc/group | awk '{print $0 | "cut -d':' -f1" | getline result ;}' Any way to make it works? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k7kl5d$bko$1...@ger.gmane.org