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Is it possible to have functions on awk. If it is could anyone give me an
example on how to use it.
Thanks

Yes it is possible, unless you use an old awk like the one in Solaris.
If you are in Solaris, use nawk, not awk.  The man page should say
something about functions.

Quote:> Is it possible to have functions on awk. If it is could anyone give me an
> example on how to use it.
> Thanks

A simple 'awk' program using user-defined functions:

function myFunction(string)
{
  print "Hi there";
  print string;
  print "Bye there";

Quote:}

END {
  myFunction("A little message for you");

Quote:}

I hope this helps.

Even better: on Solaris use the awk in /usr/xpg4/bin/awk if you have it
because it is POSIX compliant.  The other awk and nawk on Solaris are very
old pre-1989 and ~1989 respectively.

HTH
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