Hi! I'm trying to use my shell script variables in my awk-line. Is not working! month3 is my variable and i'm aware that I can't use the $-prefix in awk. awk ´$2==$month3{printf ("%16d,%14.1f\n",i+1,\$4);i++}´ $REPORT $REPORT1 $REPORT2 $REPORT3 $REPORT4 >> $AGR Thanks!

Maria: Surround your variables with double quote, single quote, double quote: awk '{print "'"$VAR1"'", "'"$VAR2"'"}' file Regards, Nails

Or try, awk -v param=value '{ ... }' filename.dat The -v option may not work in all versions of awk. If not, try awk param=value '{ ... }' param=value filename.dat

Forgot to add that you then use param (without $) in the awk code, e.g: test.dat: 1 blue 2 red 3 green awk -v colour=red '{ if ($2 == colour) print $0 }' test.dat 2 red

Thank You nails! it worked just perfect! // maria