Re: Awk, filtering match through external command

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

T o n g wrote:
...
> Any way to filter through external command to variable, somewhat like:
>
>  head /etc/group | awk '{print $0 | "cut -d':' -f1" | getline result ;}'
>

  looks like you want to assign the output of command to
a variable.

  in shell or bash use the backquote character `

result=`head /etc/group | cut -d: -f1`

example run:

me@ant(16)~$ result=`head /etc/group | cut -d: -f1`
me@ant(17)~$ echo $result
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  songbird