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  1. file="Testing Håkon
  2. "
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  4. #works okay... 
  5. awk '{ match($0,"(^.*)kon",a);print a[1]}' <<< "$file"
  6. #second arg should be a regexp however
  7. awk '{ match($0,/(^.*)kon/,a);print a[1]}' <<< "$file"
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Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 5264KB
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Testing Hå

Testing Hå
https://ideone.com/vToLTF
language:
Bash (bash 5.0.3)
created:
12 years ago
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