length function in nawk command

Question

I have the nawk command to validate if the length is greater than 12 then mark number has $

I need to use the same below command by adding one more condition i.e length should be greater than 12 and less than 17

nawk ' length($7) > 12 {$7=substr($7,1,6)"$$$$$$$$} 1 ' FS=\| OFS=\|

You're missing a double quote in the script. – Jonathan Leffler Mar 19 '14 at 04:14 — Jonathan Leffler, Mar 19 '14 at 04:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '14 at 03:52

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(length($7)>12) && (length($7)<17)

Should do it

answered Mar 19 '14 at 03:52

Floris

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