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sushma nagabandi
sushma nagabandi

Reputation: 17

Awk : single and double quote regex

How to write regex in awk to find single quote (') and double quote (") for all lines in file. I want to print those lines

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1441

Answers (1)

Rogelio Prieto
Rogelio Prieto

Reputation: 359

Using input.txt as example.

cat input.txt

result:

'hi sushma'
"second line"
third line
'last line'

You can search single quote using hexadecimal representation:

awk '/\x27/' input.txt

result:

'hi sushma'
'last line'

or search using scape character:

awk '/'\''/' input.txt

result:

'hi sushma'
'last line'

Finally, you can use the OR operator within the regex, for searching for both single and double quote:

awk '/'\''|\"/' input.txt

result:

'hi sushma'
"second line"
'last line'

Upvotes: 5

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