Hi to all,
I wrote sth like this:
#!/bin/sh
x="192.168.10.10"
awk '$1 == "'$x'" { y=$2} ' myfile

echo $y
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the echo cmd does not display anything. What am I doing wrong.

What do you want to do with the script ?

Variables within awk are separate from shell variables. Your code does establish the y variable within awk, but that has no impact on the shell. You need to make your awk code print the desired value, then you can capture the awk output into a shell variable:

y=$(awk '$1=="'$x'"{print $2;exit} ' myfile)

The $() is ksh or bash syntax (or you can use backquotes).

As coded, awk will exit after printing the first qualifying value. If you want multiple values fed into y, then remove the exit.

Hi to all,

That's what i wanted jim..many thx for your help.

To Rajesh: I wanted to use the $1 and $2 from the result of applying the awk cmd to a file, in a shell script. Thx for your asking..

Thx again..

Regards,
Visham