awk field separator

[MYERS]

} Hey folks,
} 
} Is there a way in awk to specify multiple field separators?  Like FS =   
} ";" | ":" | "\"  I know this doesn't work, I just wanted to show what I'm   
} trying to accomplish.  BTW, FS=";:\" doesn't work B/C it thinks I mean   
} the entire string ";:\".  Has anyone tackled a problem like this before.
} 
} Thanks,
} 
} Ferrol  
} 
} 
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} Ferrol R. Blackmon, Software Development
} Systems Techniques, Inc.
} (404) 814-3877
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Yes, try this:

gawk -F '[;:]' '{print "Frog"}'

I have not included the '\' character, because it can cause problems
because it is generally the escape character.  You can very well add
many more characters inside the square brackets.  You can also use
meta characters as in '[a-z]' if you want to use the whole lower
case alphabet as delimiters. (why?) :)


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