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awk output separators?

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awk output separators?

Jun 20th, 2007

How can i get awk to separate the output with dashes?
A simple awk '{print $1-$2-$3}' does not work.

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Re: awk output separators?

Jun 21st, 2007

Help with Code Tags

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awk '{print $1 "-" $2 "-" $3}'

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Re: awk output separators?

Jun 21st, 2007

 Help with Code Tags 
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$ echo "a b c"|awk '$1=$1' OFS="-"
a-b-c
$ echo "a b c"|awk '$1=$1' OFS="-"
a-b-c

 Help with Code Tags 
 Shell Scripting Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
$ echo "a b c"|awk '{print $1,$3}' OFS="-"
a-c
$ echo "a b c"|awk '{print $1,$3}' OFS="-"
a-c