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From: datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (David Datta)
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Subject: Re: passing arguments to awk scripts (Thanks & here is how)
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Date: 10 Mar 91 20:40:07 GMT
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In tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) sort-of writes:

>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?

>   Actually, gawk and nawk will also let you get at them, although
>   awk won't.  Check your man page
>--tom

I started with the man pages they make NO MENTION of parameter passing
BUT:

From: dwn@swbatl.sbc.com (David Neill)

If you want to pass variables to awk, it works like so:

awk '
{ script stuff using VAR1 and VAR2 }
' VAR1=something VAR2=somethingelse filenames

THANKS Dave!

For example, with the file "script"

-----------TOF
{
print var1
}
EOF-----------

calling 

awk -f script var1="hi"

will work.
--
-Dave datta@vacs.uwp.edu [....uwm!uwpvacs!datta] The moon goes around in
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