Bash script with awk command ERROR

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hello im new here... Im trying to read file and create folders from words in it but i get this for loop error
awk : line 3 : syntax error at or near for

my code is..

#!/bin/bash
begin
for (( i=1;i<=5;i++));
do
awk -v i=$i $0 { print $i }
mkdir $i
done
{print $i}
end {}

i have tried for ... without ";" it doesnt work either.
I need to run this script using: awk -f myfile textfile
Any ideas? im desperate here...

2

change for loop as below:

for i in {1..5}

3

Now i get 2 erros...
awk : line 3 syntax error at or near for
awk : line 4 syntax error at or near do

any other ideas? Maybe i need to use different script like sh or ksh?

4

Have you tried something like this?

#!/bin/bash

while read line
do
  mkdir "$line"
done < "$file"
5

I get same error just with while now.
How can this be happening?

6

Post an example of your inputfile.

7

Not sure what the begin and end are meant to be. Put the awk script in single quotes, and give it an input file to work upon.

8

It is an overkill to use awk inside bash if you can use bash alone to achieve your requirement:

#!/bin/bash

while read word
do
        for i in 1 2 3 4 5
        do
                mkdir "${i}${word}"
        done
done < file

Replace file with your input file name.