From 4485708c972815bbb6df7f5a228683aa855d553d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Stoelp <johannes.stoelp@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:29:35 +0100
Subject: awk: split on multiple tokens

---
 src/tools/awk.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/tools/awk.md')

diff --git a/src/tools/awk.md b/src/tools/awk.md
index a0c2470..d6f6c9c 100644
--- a/src/tools/awk.md
+++ b/src/tools/awk.md
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ echo 'a b c d e f' | awk '{ print $NF $(NF-1) }'
 ```
 Access last fields with arithmetic on the `NF` number of fields variable.
 
+### Split on multiple tokens
+```bash
+echo 'a,b;c:d' | awk -F'[,;:]' '{ printf "1=%s | 4=%s\n", $1, $4 }'
+```
+Use regex as field separator.
+
 ### Capture in variables
 ```bash
 # /proc/<pid>/status
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