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Question

Answer 1

A:

Try escaping $ as \$

!ls -l | awk '{print \$1}'

codaddict 2010-08-27 16:09:33

That was also my first try. But results in error with following message:awk: {print \1}awk: ^ backslash not last character on line

Sandeep 2010-08-28 02:25:21

Answer 2

+1 A:

Two dollar signs give you a literal dollar sign, so try:

!ls -l | awk '{print $$1}'

schot 2010-08-28 15:05:56

This works. Thanks.

Sandeep 2010-08-28 15:18:34

ipython shell awk : Escaping "$" sign