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awk printf ignoring '\n'

Hi group,
I just installed Debian and ran into this problem.

When I run this bash script that calls awk, all the output is on a single line.

Code:

#!/bin/bash



IP_Text=`/sbin/ifconfig |          \

  awk '{ ORS = "\n\n" }{          \

  if($0 ~ /Ethernet/ ||            \

    $0 ~ /Point-to-Point/ ) {    \

    printf("%s:", $1);            \

    Line=getline;                  \

    Line=$2;                      \

    if(Line ~ /addr/ ) {          \

      n=split(Line,Array,":");    \

      printf("%s\n\n",Array[2]); } \

    else {                        \

      printf("None\n\n"); }        \

print "Done\n"; } }'`



echo ${IP_Text}

The output looks like this:

Code:

$ IP_Addr

eth0:None Done ppp0:66.81.51.154 Done

I'm running mawk 1.3.3 Nov 1996, Copyright (C) Michael D. Brennan

Any ideas??

Try echo with quotes:

Code:

echo "${IP_Text}"

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valery Reznic (Post 3838319)

Try echo with quotes:

Code:

echo "${IP_Text}"

That works, thanks.