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From: steinbac@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Gunter Steinbach)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Import variables in to awk.
Message-ID: <63720016@hpl-opus.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 89 17:22:03 GMT
References: <10531@thorin.cs.unc.edu>
Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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> / hpl-opus:comp.unix.questions / warner@unc.cs.unc.edu (Byron Warner)
> / 1:15 pm Nov 14, 1989 /

> My questions is how do you import csh variables into an awk script.

> [ deleted ]

> awk -F: -f foo /etc/passwd import='hello

The variable assignment has to come before the input file name.

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