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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
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Subject: Re: passing arguments to awk scripts
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Date: 10 Mar 91 08:21:24 GMT
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From the keyboard of datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (David Datta):
:Can it be done? Is there a way I can address a 
:command line argument within the script?

1. Sure -- just run it through the awk-to-perl translator. 

2. Actually, gawk and nawk will also let you get at them, although
   awk won't.  Check your man page; if all you have is awk, return
   to step one.  You might even find some other features there. :-)

--tom