$1 == "OK" && \ $2 == "khatus_bar" && \ $3 == "status_bar" { # Not just using $4 for val - because val might contain a character # identical to FS len_line = length($0) len_head = length($1 FS $2 FS $3 FS) len_val = len_line - len_head val = substr($0, len_head + 1, len_val) system("xsetroot -name \"" val "\"") next }