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danielBB
danielBB

Reputation: 57

awk errors in file parsers

Im trying to parse and insert elements of a file using awk.

clear

MESSAGE=$(cat emailTranscript.txt)

awk -F READLINE="$MESSAGE" 'BEGIN{
FS=","}
{
    CURRENTMESSAGE=READLINE
    gsub("#FIRSTNAME", $1, CURRENTMESSAGE)
    gsub("#LASTNAME", $2, CURRENTMESSAGE)
    gsub("#MAJOR", $3, CURRENTMESSAGE)
    gsub("#ADDRESS", $4, CURRENTMESSAGE)

    print CURRENTMESSAGE "\n--------------------------\n s"
}' nameAddresses.csv

Is there something wrong with the way I'm handling my csv file?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 46

Answers (1)

Kevin
Kevin

Reputation: 56129

You don't say precisely what you're trying to do, but I can say with a great deal of confidence you are doing it wrong. From your code, I'll guess that emailTranscript.txt contains a form letter and nameAddresses.csv contains the data to be substituted in.

The biggest error, and the one I suspect is your problem, is that -F specifies the field separator. You want -v, to set a variable.

Upvotes: 2

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