awk file size limit

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

My code is

awk '{

out=split(FILENAME,a,"/")
sub(/\./,"",a[out])
sub(/\-/,"",a[out])
NEWSTRING="main_"a[out-1]"_"a[out]"(" # The word we want to insert
gsub(/main\(/,NEWSTRING); # the word to be replaced
print "Main becomes ",NEWSTRING")","in file ",FILENAME >> "/home/ds2/test/NEW2.txt"
print NEWSTRING")" >> "/home/ds2/test/MAIN2.txt"
print FILENAME >> "/home/ds2/test/NAME2.txt"
print $0 > FILENAME;

}' $FNAME

if the input size was more than 4K the function fails,,,, so pls any suggestions???

2

Depending on the OS gawk (GNU awk) handles longer lines, more fields, more records and bigger files and is compatible with awk. Take a look at:
The GNU Awk User's Guide

3

Maybe there are more approaches to solve the problem, post your input file and the desired outputs.

Regards

4

dear tony,, I tried gawk but nothing happens,,, pls help me urgently....

5

Is gawk installed try running:

# updatedb; locate gawk | grep bin

# rpm -q gawk

# whereis gawk

# type gawk

If none of those give a positive response then you do not have it installed.

What operating system are you running please?