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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cannot resolve $variable in awk Post 302825629 by Yoda on Monday 24th of June 2013 09:12:16 PM
Old 06-24-2013
First of all I don't even expect that code you posted to work because I see few syntax errors.

I would suggest you to post few lines from your input files and desired output in code tags.

Also no duplicate post. Follow forum rules.
 

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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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OPTIONS

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