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I wonder if it's possible to encode the backspace character in the replacement string?
by saghm 1y ago
I wonder if it's possible to encode the backspace character in the replacement string?
- ZoomZoomZoom 1y agoNo problem, there's \b. echo "one two three four five" | awk '{$3="\b"; print}' Inserts the backspace character (^H), which you can then remove with [global] substitution: awk '{$3="\b"; sub(/\32\b/, ""); print}' You can, of course, use an arbitrary sentinel value for the field to be deleted. Should work in gawk and BWK awk.