1. awk调用linux shell命令
问题: mr生成1千多个part-*的文件,只有几个是不空的,如何把空文件删除?
[user@sonora awk]$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 0 Nov 13 10:22 emptyFile
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 6 Nov 13 10:22 hello
[user@sonora awk]$ ls -l | awk '{ if ($5 == 0) {printf("fileName: %s, size: %d bytes\n", $9, $5); system("rm " $9)} }'
fileName: emptyFile, size: 0 bytes
[user@sonora awk]$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 6 Nov 13 10:22 hello
即: system函数可被awk用来执行linux命令。但必须用双引号引起来。
2. 双引号中的单引号不再是特殊字符。
awk "BEGIN { print \"Don't Panic\!\" }"
3. awk给system函数传递参数
>awk 'BEGIN{var = "cat hello";system(var)}'
hello
>awk 'BEGIN{var = "date";system(var)}'
Wed Nov 13 10:45:26 UTC 2013
>awk -v var="date" 'BEGIN {system(var)}'
Wed Nov 13 10:45:53 UTC 2013
>awk -v cmd=date 'BEGIN { system("$cmd") }'
>awk -v cmd=date 'BEGIN { system("cmd") }'
sh: cmd: command not found
>awk -v cmd=date 'BEGIN { system(cmd) }'
Wed Nov 13 10:46:34 UTC 2013