'Cygwin linux awk print error unable to initialize PRN device

I am executing bash shell script (I already have the shebang on the first line: #!/bin/sh) using Cygwin attempting to read line by line from a file to pick off variables using the AWK command:

compound='echo $line | awk -F"," '{ print $1 }' '

Here is the error that I cannot solve:

  • compound='/usr/bin/echo $line | awk -F"," {'
  • print '} ' Unable to initialize device PRN

Just an FYI- the awk command works like it is supposed from the Command line

linuxbashawkcygwinscript


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