can't define string in BASH or AWK

[cruzerMicro]

in my FC7, lets say i write the code in BASH or AWK in a file called hello.awk or just hello:

print " hello world ";

or

echo "hello world"


when i ./hello.awk or ./hello the terminal complains of undefined string: hello(?)world? is it because of my " " double quotations? because in my FC7 it seems smaller. if i copy paste a same statement with the normal double quotations, it works!. is there a way to change the double quotations to the normal one like this " "?


i hope u guys can help me

[minigeek]

Hi

Try these

hello.awk
#!/usr/bin/awk -f
BEGIN {print "Hello, World!"}

Hello.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo "Hello World!"

[cruzerMicro]

ok for example, i copy paste this from my FC7:

#!/bin/awk

BEGIN {print ¨Hello¨}

{total = $1 + $2 + $3}
{print $1 $2 $3}

END {}




and when i run it:

awk-f total.awk

awk: total.awk:3: BEGIN {print ¨Hello¨}
awk: total.awk:3: ^ invalid char '?' in expression


notice the double quote is a lot smaller. " and ¨. if i remove the #!/bin/awk still error

[minigeek]

ok for example, i copy paste this from my FC7:

#!/bin/awk

BEGIN {print ¨Hello¨}

{total = $1 + $2 + $3}
{print $1 $2 $3}

END {}




and when i run it:

awk-f total.awk

awk: total.awk:3: BEGIN {print ¨Hello¨}
awk: total.awk:3: ^ invalid char '?' in expression


notice the double quote is a lot smaller. " and ¨. if i remove the #!/bin/awk still error

Change the #!/bin/awk to #!/usr/bin/awk

Heres a good website for awk programming AWK Programming

[ghostdog74]

Change the #!/bin/awk to #!/usr/bin/awk

it doesn't matter. The problem is with the double quote.

[Franklin52]

Hi,

First thing to do if you want to learn something is to read as much as possible about it. There are a bump of information of scripting on the net. In every tutorial or book this is given as the first example. Just Google for it.
And.... I should begin with Bash scripting.

Regards

[cruzerMicro]

it doesn't matter. The problem is with the double quote.

yse. i think thats the problem. so who know a solution

[ghostdog74]

yse. i think thats the problem. so who know a solution

just retype it , don't cut and paste.

[cruzerMicro]

just retype it , don't cut and paste.

OMG...i have done that how many gezillions of time. the point is that even if i retype the whole thing again, the DOUBLE QUOTATION will still be the cause of error.

[Franklin52]

It seems that your keyboard setting is not correct.
Try to change the default keyboard in Gnome to "US keyboard":

System> Control Center> Hardware> Keyboard> Layouts

Regards