Try using sprintf("%c", 042 ) .... and whatever else you need to complete
this.
> In all my years of using awk, this is the first time I've ever had to
> output
> a " character to a file. For example, I have the following:
>
> sprintf("%s,%s\n", SiteVal, CustomerID) >> "outputfile"
>
>
> I need the line in the output file to look like:
>
> "SiteVal","CustomerID"
>
> I've tried "\"%s\",\"%s\"\n", but get a syntax error. Instead of \",
> I've tried \042 and still get a syntax error. I've tried adding another
> %s and
> supplying \" and \042 as the string, only to get errors.
>
> How does one get sprintf in awk to oputput a " character? The man page
> for
> sprintf doesn't say how to do it either.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MB
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