One liner if-else in awk

2014-03-18T16:00:53-04:00

Tiny snippets showing if/else use in awk ..

echo abc:def | awk -F: '{ if ( $2 ) {print $2} else {print} }'

Prints def.

echo abc | awk -F: '{ if ( $2 ) {print $2} else {print} }'

Prints abc.

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