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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Passing Variable in sed Post 302292905 by krishmaths on Monday 2nd of March 2009 01:24:32 AM
Old 03-02-2009
awk alternative

Same stuff can be done using awk as below.

Code:
awk -v var=$x '{if(NR==var) print $NR}' filename

 

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SWAPBDDVAR(3)							   BDD FUNCTIONS						     SWAPBDDVAR(3)

NAME
swapbddvar - swaps two contiguous variables. ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr SYNOPSYS
#include "bdd101.h" void swapbddvar( BddSystem, Variable ) bddsystem *BddSystem; bddvar Variable; PARAMETERS
BddSystem The bdd system. Variable The variable to swap. DESCRIPTION
swapbddvar swaps the variable number Variable with the variable number Variable + 1, in the bdd system BddSystem. If a null pointer is given, the default bdd system is used. This function is usefull for the bdd nodes reordering. RETURN VALUE
swapbddvar returns nothing. ERRORS
"variable xxx out of range, error !" The Variable and Variable + 1, must be valid variables number. EXAMPLE
#include "bdd101.h" bddsystem *BddSystem; bddnode *BddNode1; bddnode *BddNode2; BddSystem = createbddsystem( 100, 1000, 100, 50000 ); BddNode1 = addbddvar( (bddsystem *)0, 0 ); BddNode2 = addbddvar( (bddsystem *)0, 0 ); swapbddvar( (bddsystem *)0, 0 ); destroybddsystem( (bddsystem *)0 ); SEE ALSO
bdd(1) BUG REPORT
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools. ASIM
/LIP6 October 1, 1997 SWAPBDDVAR(3)
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