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05-06-2008
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Shell variable with awk
line_no=6
echo 'Phone,' `awk 'NR==$line_no{print;exit}' <filename>` what is the error in this.. it says.. awk: Field $() is not correct. The input line number is 1. The file is <filename>. The source line number is 1. i want to print the data in the $line_no line of a certain file.. 
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05-06-2008
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The error is improperly use of a shell variable. One way to use a shell variable with awk:
Code:
line_no=6
awk -v var=$line_no 'NR==var{print "Phone: "$0;exit}' <filename>
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05-06-2008
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thnks man.. it helped
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