How to run a .awk file?

Question

I am converting a CSV file into a table format, and I wrote an AWK script and saved it as my.awk. Here is the my script:

#AWK for test
awk -F , \'
    BEGIN {
           


        

Answer 1

If you put #!/bin/awk -f on the first line of your AWK script it is easier. Plus editors like Vim and ... will recognize the file as an AWK script and you can colorize. :)

#!/bin/awk -f
BEGIN {}  # Begin section
{}        # Loop section
END{}     # End section

Change the file to be executable by running:

chmod ugo+x ./awk-script

and you can then call your AWK script like this:

`$ echo "something" | ./awk-script`