nawk -v to awk

kamel.seg · #1 (**permalink**) 12-18-2007

hi,

i have the command nawk -v i want to use it equivalent in awk?

any help please

vgersh99 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-18-2007

awk -v var=value '.....' myFile
OR
# 'var' will not be available in the 'BEGIN' block
awk '.....' var=value myFile

kamel.seg · #3 (**permalink**) 12-18-2007

thanks it works perfectly

happy new year

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