Re: [bug-gawk] The best way to test the first n character in a file

[Peng Yu]

So far the most succinct why that I found is this.

echo {a..z} | awk 'BEGIN { FIELDWIDTHS=3} { print $1 }'

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 11:35 AM Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I want to test if the first n character of a binary file equals some
> given string. I am not sure if awk is good at this. It seems that
> `head` plus shell code should be easier. Is there a good way to do so
> in awk? Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng



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Regards,
Peng