[ferret_users] spawn command gawk string arrays

[Brockmann Patrick <Patrick.Brockmann@xxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Is there a simple way to use gawk through the spawn command and get the 
result in string array ?

Example:

in shell
$ echo Hello ferreters |  awk '{print $2}'

in ferret
yes? spawn echo Hello ferreters | awk '{print $2}'

But how to get the result in a string array like

yes? LET a = {spawn:"ls *.nc"}
yes? LIST a

yes? let A = {spawn:"echo Hello ferreters | awk '{print $2}'"}
**ERROR: command syntax: {spawn:"echo Hello ferreters | awk '{print $2}'"}
         unclosed quotation, parenthesis, or bracket

Up to now, I have used a trick by passing by an external shell script like:
let A = {spawn:"echo Hello ferreters | awk -f get_2nd.awk"}

but that is not as easy as it could be.
Could the syntax parsing of the spawn command be changed ?

Patrick