[SOLVED] awk gsub with "("

rubber08 · 04-21-2010, 01:40 PM

hello,
i want to substitute in a file what it comes with "(" character to "('".
i have tried to do it with gsub but it doesn`t go well with regular expression.
thanks for all.
bye

Tinkster · 04-21-2010, 01:54 PM

Hi, welcome to LQ!

Something like this?

Code:

awk '{print gensub(/\(/, "\(\047","g")}'

Cheers,
Tink

grail · 04-21-2010, 10:24 PM

Side note: as replacement is read only as a string, it does not require the escape -

Code:

awk '{print gensub(/\(/, "(\047","g")}'

cola · 04-21-2010, 10:28 PM

+1 Tinkster
+1 grail

rubber08 · 04-30-2010, 01:04 PM

Hello,
That works!!!!!. Thanks for all.
Bye