Difference between single and double quotes in awk

Question

I have this awk statement:

glb_library=\"my_library\"
awk \"
        /^Direct Dependers of/ { next }
        /^---/                 { next }
            


        

Answer 1

Never enclose any script in double quotes or you're sentencing yourself to backslash-hell. This is the syntax for what you're trying to do:

glb_library="my_library"
awk -v glb_library="$glb_library" '
        /^Direct Dependers of/ { next }
        /^---/                 { next }
        $0 ~ "^"glb_library":" { ver=$0; next }
                               { gsub(/[[:space:]]/, ""); print ver":"$0 }
      ' file