This is the code I've written, it works:
awk "BEGIN{print int(($high-32)*5/9) int(($low-32)*5/9)}";
Results in: 1911
I would like to the '19' and '11' seperated by " | " so that the output looks like this: 19 | 11
I have tried to insert " \| " both as a literal and a var but both resulted in errors. Haven't seen much in the various forums. What am I missing? Thanks.
Assuming you're on a Unix system you should be using single quotes rather than double around your script (see https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Quotes), and using awk variables rather than allowing shell variables to expand to become part of the body of your awk script (see How do I use shell variables in an awk script?), e.g.:
awk -v high="$high" -v low="$low" 'BEGIN{print int((high-32)*5/9) int((low-32)*5/9)}'
and then the enhancement you're asking for would be:
awk -v high="$high" -v low="$low" -v OFS=' | ' 'BEGIN{print int((high-32)*5/9), int((low-32)*5/9)}'
or if you prefer:
awk -v high="$high" -v low="$low" 'BEGIN{print int((high-32)*5/9) " | " int((low-32)*5/9)}'