08-02-2012
Variables do not work inside single quotes. Neither does awk share variables with the the shell.
The best way to put a variable into awk is like
awk '{print VAR "," $0}' VAR="$f" filename
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cvm-sql - CVM SQL Framework
QUERY SUBSTITUTION
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other than alpha-numeric or underscore (_) characters. Do not include quotes in the query. The variables account and domain contain the
account and domain names given by the CVM client. $$ is replaced with a single dollar sign.
QUERY RESULTS
The query must produce the following fields exactly in order. All required fields must not be null or empty.
1. Password, encrypted with crypt(3) (required)
2. Actual account name (required)
3. User ID (integer) (required)
4. Group ID (integer) (required)
5. Directory (required)
6. Real name (optional)
7. Login shell (optional)
8. Group name (optional)
9. Domain name (optional)
10. System account name (optional)
11. System account directory (optional)
12. Mailbox path (optional)
DEFAULT QUERY
SELECT password, username, userid, groupid, directory, realname, shell, groupname, domain, sys_username, sys_directory FROM accounts WHERE
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