Re: [ferret_users] deleting a column from ascii data

[Andrew Wittenberg <Andrew.Wittenberg@xxxxxxxx>]

Just escape the semicolon (;) by preceding it with a backslash (\):

sp awk '{$1=""\;print}' ifile.txt > ofile.txt

Andrew

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011, jagadish karmacharya wrote:

> Dear ferret users,
>
> I want to get rid of first column from a ascii file before reading it in ferret. For
> this, I tried to make use of Jaison's idea
> (http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/maillists/tmap/ferret_users/fu_2006/msg00790.html) but I am
> facing a seemingly strange problem.
>
> I can execute the following in command line without any problem.
>  
> awk '{$1="";print}' ifile.txt > ofile.txt
>
> but when I try the same inside ferret it doesn't work.
>
> sp awk '{$1="";print}' ifile.txt > ofile.txt
>  **ERROR: command syntax: unpaired quotation marks, grave accent or brackets
> sp awk '{$1=""
> Command file, command group, or REPEAT execution aborted
>
> How can I overcome this strange problem?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jagadish