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Shell variable in AWK

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I need some help of how to use shell variable in awk '{action}' section? Tried several way doesn't seem to be get it right. Thanks in advance. dkr

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It is subject to whole lesson ”how”, but I think you may find this link to be useful. http://www.vectorsite.net/tsawk.html Learn more at www.TechnoProfessor.com

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Name: nails
Date: December 29, 2004 at 07:53:10 Pacific

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I prefer to pass shell variables to an awk script, but this little stub embedds one: VAR=5 echo "test" |awk '{ print "'"$VAR"'" }' Regards, Nails

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