Piece function This breaks variables into segmented pieces guided by a user specified separator string (sometimes called a "delimiter"). Those who know awk will find this familiar. $PIECE(STRINGVAR,"^",3) means the "third caret-separated piece of ." The piece function can also appear as an assignment (SET command) target.
piece function this breaks variables into segmented pieces guided by a user specified separator string (sometimes called a "delimiter") those who know awk will find this familiar $piece(stringvar"^"3) means the "third caret-separated piece of " the piece function can also appear as an assignment (set command) target