Why is my linux command with awk not working

Question

i am trying to let this command work but it won't let me do anything

awk -F: ‘{if($3>'1000') print$1}’ passwd | sort > users.txt

I get an error which is saying:

bash: syntaxfout nabij onverwacht symbool '('

Can someone help me out?

Answer 1

You're using ' instead of ' . And then, you should replace ' with " in the awk program (or just leave them out):

awk -F: '{if ($3 > 1000) print $1}' passw | ...

Answer 2

You're using backticks instead of single quotes. Try:

awk -F: '{if($3>1000) print $1} passwd | sort > users.txt

or just

awk -F: '$3>1000 {print $1}' passwd | sort > users.txt