NR awk problem on Ubuntu

Shell Programming and Scripting
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awk 'NR> 92239 && NR<= 92279' /usr/appplications/access.log

is there a reason why the above command isn't working on kubuntu?

when i run it, i get nothing back. just the prompt. i should see the lines

OS:

3.8.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP

and yes, there are over 92279 lines in the log. i'm befuddled. any help here is appreciated.

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Seems good to me. Did you try parentheses around the inequatons?

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not sure how or where to put the parentheses.

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Try FNR as well, you have GNU awk (gawk). The parens go around the statement to be evaluated as a boolean.

'(FNR>111 && FNR<113) {print}' filename
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It won't print anything if /usr/appplications/access.log has got less than 92239 lines.

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I think Ubuntu uses mawk by default, actually.

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I also do not see any problem with that awk script.

For diagnostic purposes, does the following command produce the expected output?

sed -n '92240,92279p; 92279q' /usr/appplications/access.log

Regards,
Alister

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Yes, Debian and downsteam use mawk by default.

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this is what i ended up using. i'm kinda disappointed that the typical awk couldn't work on ubuntu as it works and other linux/unix oses.

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FWIW, in later versions of Ubuntu the default awk became gawk. In this version (13.04) probably gawk 4.01 You could try running the command as:

mawk 'NR> 92239 && NR<= 92279'

to see if that makes a difference..

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Actual Debian Testing (Jessie) also uses gawk after a "standard system" install.
You still get mawk if you choose to not install the "Standard system" at Tasksel install step.

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