this is new for me but for me issue : the behaviour of REGEXP is the same at all os versions? right ? i have to test it !

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What does (+search_string) mean, anyway?

it is here a example, some i want to search with strings that includes "/" ( like filesystems) . so i use -v . but when i have it in a "awk" variable, it isn't easy to use REGEXP
Try

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awk -F# '$1 ~ search_string { print $1,$2,$3,$4 }' search_string="${search_string}" file

(+search_string) : i want to match zero or more occurrences before the "search_string" like the REGEXP of "grep" .*

how i use REGEXP for awk for following examples :


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easy:
awk -F# '$1 ~ search_string { print $1,$2,$3,$4 }' file:
search_string="search_value"

i search with example above , but not including in search "+"
file:
;;search_value1#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk
;;search_value2#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk

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search_string="search_value1"
i want to search only "search_value1"

file:
;;search_value1#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk
;;search_value11#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk

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search_string="search_value1"
i want to search all with "search_value1*" (example: search_value1,search_value11,search_value111, not search_value121)

file:
;;search_value1#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk
;;search_value11#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk
;;search_value111#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk
;;search_value121#field1#field2#junk#junk#junk#junk

regards