Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!xanth!mcnc!thorin!unc!warner From: warner@unc.cs.unc.edu (Byron Warner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Import variables in to awk. Message-ID: <10531@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Date: 14 Nov 89 21:15:12 GMT Sender: news@thorin.cs.unc.edu Distribution: na Lines: 10 My questions is how do you import csh variables into an awk script. for example if I have a file called foo, which contains: { print import,$0 } and I issue the command awk -F: -f foo /etc/passwd import='hello why do I get just a list of logins? Thanx in Advance